Where does “seroprofilaxie” come from?

seroprofilaxie (Romanian) comes from Romanian ser, from French sérum, from Latin Serum, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

seroprofilaxie (Romanian): seroprophylaxis

Definitions

  1. seroprophylaxis

Ancestry of “seroprofilaxie”, step by step

seroprofilaxie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianserserum
2Frenchsérumserum
3LatinSerumwhey
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Romanian profilaxie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianprofilaxieprophylaxis
2Frenchprophylaxieprophylaxis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Latin Serum →