English
serrous
Serrous comes from Latin serra ‘a saw’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sers-eh₂.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sers-eh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serzāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserra‘a saw’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650serrous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sers-eh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serzāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserra‘a saw’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650serrous
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “if while they hum we lay our finger on…”
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Latin serra ‘a saw’
Today it means
adj Like the teeth of a saw; jagged.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sers-eh₂ / serrous