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serum.

late hour; whey, the watery part of curdled milk; any similar fluid;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈsɛ.rũː]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛː.rum]
  1. whey

    declension-2 · neuter
  2. some other watery liquid

    broadly · declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *serom (“liquid”), from Proto-Indo-European *sér-o- (“flowing, liquid”), from *ser- (“to flow, run”); cognate with Sanskrit सर (sará, “flowing”), सार (sā́ra, “curd, cream”), सारण (sāraṇa, “flowing, buttermilk”), and Ancient Greek ὀρός (orós, “whey, curd, semen”).

adj
  1. nominative neuter singular of sērus

    form-of · neuter · nominative · singular
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