Proto-Indo-European

*ser-

‘to flow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ser-.

62 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, most familiar first.

• service ← servise ← serfis ← servise ← servitium
• series ← serō ← *serō ← *séreti
• sort ← sorte ← sortem ← sors ← *sortis
• serve ← serven ← servir ← serviō ← servus
• hero ← heroes ← heroes ← hērōs ← ἥρως
• stream ← streem ← *straum ← *straumaz ← *srowmos
• conservative ← conservatif ← cōnservō ← servō ← servus
• reserve ← reserver ← reservō ← servō ← servus
• desert ← dēsertum ← dēserō ← serō ← *serō
• observe ← observer ← observer ← observō ← servō
• insert ← insertus ← serō ← *serō ← *séreti
• reservoir ← réserver ← reservō ← servō ← servus

More words from *ser-

• consortium
• assertion
• sermon
• heroine
• conservatism
• conserve
• exert
• heresy
• consort
• assertive
• sorcery
• sorcerer
• concierge
• observant
• servitude
• heretic
• serviceable
• deserter
• sark
• conservator
• sortie
• servile
• serf
• strudel
• sere
• assort
• sorb
• diaeresis
• seriate
• suero
• heresiarch
• observator
• serac
• catheretic
• conservatrix
• consortial
• consortion
• diaereses
• eirenicon
• ensorcell
• exsert
• exaeresis
• heresiac
• inobservable
• irenology
• prohairesis
• sarmon
• servitute
• servitudinal
• synaeresis

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ser-