Where does “sermon” come from?

sermon (Old French) comes from Latin sermō, from Proto-Indo-European sermō, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sermon (Old French): sermon (religious)

Definitions

  1. sermon (religious)

Ancestry of “sermon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsermōa conversation, discussion
2Proto-Indo-Europeansermō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “sermon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sermō →