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Where does “sers-” come from?

sers- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sers- (Proto-Indo-European): to cut off

Definitions

  1. to cut off

Ancestry of “sers-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “sers-”

  • serrated
  • sierra
  • serratus
  • serrate
  • cerrado
  • cero
  • serry
  • unserrated
  • serrula
  • nonserrated
  • biserrate
  • retroserrate
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sierra Leonean
  • Sierra Blanca
  • serranoid
  • serratirostral
  • Sierra Leonian
  • infraserratus
  • supraserratus
  • serrous
  • serrago
  • subserrulatus
  • serraginis
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