sere
English
/sɪə/, /sɪ(ə)ɹ/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Without moisture; dry.
- (obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ser inherited from Old English sēar (barren, dry, withered) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (dry, parched) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (be dry), *h₂sews- (be dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂sews-
Gloss
be dry
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cryosere English
- hydroseral English
- hydrosere English
- lithosere English
- psammosere English
- seral English
- serely English
- sudus Latin
- zoor Dutch, Flemish
- αὐστηρός Ancient Greek
- *h₂sews- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂sews-, *h₂sus- Proto-Indo-European
- *s(h₂)us-d(h)o- Proto-Indo-European
- *saus- Proto-Indo-European
- *sh₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *sauzaz Proto-Germanic
- *sauzijaną Proto-Germanic
- searmonaþ Old English
- sēar Old English
- शोषयति Sanskrit
- seer Middle English
- seere Middle English
- seir Middle English
- ser Middle English
- sere Middle English
- serly Middle English
- *suxъ Proto-Slavic
- *sъxnǫti Proto-Slavic
- sôor Middle Dutch
- *sōr Old High German
- soura Old Portuguese
- souriço Old Portuguese
- sôr Middle Low German
- *Hsúškas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sōr Old Saxon
- *sori, *sōri Frankish
- sausas Lithuanian
- soor German Low German
- *saušas Proto-Balto-Slavic