English
serodetermination
From sero- + determination.
Formed from sero- + determination
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 *térmn̥ ‘boundary, end’
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Latin dēterminō ‘to confine’
Latin dēterminātiō
Old French determinacion ‘outcome’
Middle English determinacion
English determination
Today it means
noun The determination of serostatus
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “serodetermination”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / serodetermination