Etymograph

English

seroreaction

From sero- + reaction.

Formed from sero- + reaction

Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow, run’

Proto-Indo-European *sér-o- ‘flowing, liquid’

Proto-Italic *serom ‘liquid’

Latin serum ‘some other watery liquid’

English sero-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’

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Latin reagō ‘to act upon again; to react’

Latin reāctiō ‘reaction’

Old French reaction

Middle English reaccion

English reaction

Today it means

noun reaction of blood serum (typically to a virus)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / seroreaction