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Where does “sorbea” come from?
sorbea (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.
Ancestry of “sorbea”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
sorbus
sorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
2
Indo-European
*ser-
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Words derived from “sorbea”
syrfe
serves
serve
syrftreow
service tree
Every word from Indo-European *ser- →
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