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Where does “sermonear” come from?

sermonear (Spanish) comes from Spanish sermón, 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.

sermonear (Spanish): to sermonize

Definitions

  1. to sermonize

Ancestry of “sermonear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsermónsermon; harangue
2Latinsermō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansermō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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