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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsorbussorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
2Indo-European*ser-—

Words derived from “sorbier”

  • sorbitol
  • sorbate
  • sorb
  • sorbic
  • sorbin
Every word from Indo-European *ser- →