Etymology Explorer
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Where does “sorbier” come from?
sorbier (Middle French) comes from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.
Ancestry of “sorbier”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
sorbus
sorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
2
Indo-European
*ser-
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Words derived from “sorbier”
sorbitol
sorb
Sorbian
sorbic
Sorb
sorbite
sorbitic
sorbin
biosorb
presorb
sorbability
sorbable
Sorbdom
Sorbish
sorbiinihappo
Sorbianize
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