serry
English
verb
Definitions
- To crowd; to press together.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French serrer derived from Latin *serrare, serare, sera (bolt, cross-bar, crossbar, a bar, bar for fastening a door, bar) root from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ser-
Gloss
bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
糸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assertion English
- assertive English
- assort English
- dissertation English
- insertable English
- sermonette English
- uninsertable English
- *sericulum Latin
- *serrare Latin
- Sarantes Latin
- Saris Latin
- Sars Latin
- Serante Latin
- assertus Latin
- consors Latin
- cōnsors Latin
- desero Latin
- desertor Latin
- desertus Latin
- dissertatio Latin
- disserto Latin
- exsertus Latin
- insertus Latin
- obsero Latin
- sera Latin
- seraceum Latin
- serare Latin
- series Latin
- seriēs Latin
- sermōnem, sermō Latin
- sermōnārī Latin
- sero, serāre, serō Latin
- serrāre Latin
- sertus Latin
- serum Latin
- servo Latin
- servāre Latin
- serāre Latin
- sors Latin
- sortem Latin
- sermo Italian
- sermone Italian
- desserrer French
- resserrer French
- serrage French
- serre-livres French
- serre-tête French
- serrement French
- serrer French
- serrure French
- cerradura Spanish, Castilian
- cerramiento Spanish, Castilian
- cerrar Spanish, Castilian
- cierrabares Spanish, Castilian
- encerrar Spanish, Castilian
- ἔνερσις Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμῆς Ancient Greek
- ἥρως Ancient Greek
- ὀρός Ancient Greek
- ὁρμή Ancient Greek
- ὁρός Ancient Greek
- *ser- Proto-Indo-European
- *sermō Proto-Indo-European
- *swerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *streþaną Proto-Germanic
- सरत् Sanskrit
- *sьrbъ Proto-Slavic
- sermon Old French
- serrer Old French
- Sarria Galician
- sara Tagalog
- désertion Middle French
- *hera Proto-Finnic
- *sortis Proto-Italic
- sere Haitian, Haitian Creole
- 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- *héřřō Proto-Hellenic
- *həřřéyō Proto-Hellenic
- *serg- bat-pro