Etymograph

English

serratiform

Serratiform comes from Latin serrātus ‘saw’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserrātus1‘saw’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2018serratiform1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English serratiform
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, John C Watkinson, Raymond W Clarke: “Incomplete capsular encroachment includes areas of irregular, serratiform and/or…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserrātusWiktionary, English serratiform‘saw’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2018serratiformWiktionary, English serratiform. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, John C Watkinson, Raymond W Clarke: “Incomplete capsular encroachment includes areas of irregular, serratiform and/or…”

Every English word from Latin serrātus

Today it means

adj Saw-shaped.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “serratiform”. 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.

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