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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsorbussorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
2Indo-European*ser-—

Words derived from “sorbea”

  • service tree
  • serves
  • serve
  • syrfe
Every word from Indo-European *ser- →