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Where does “*sorum” come from?

*sorum (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin Serum, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Ancestry of “*sorum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSerum—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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