English
suero
Suero comes from Spanish suero ‘serum’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsuero‘serum’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsuero‘serum’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow, run’
service, series, sort, stream, serve, conservative, desert, hero, insert, reservoir, assertion, sermon, conservatism, heresy, exert, assertive, concierge, sorcery, sorcerer, observant, servitude, heretic, sark, conservator, strudel, servile, serf, sere, 33 more
through Latin serum ‘some other watery liquid’
Today it means
noun A condiment based on fermented milk, from Colombia's Caribbean coastal region.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish suero / suero