cereal

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱer-“grow”
2. Latin · derived fromCerealis“of or relating to Ceres”
3. French · borrowed fromcéréale“having to do with cereal”
4. English todaycereal

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent). The adjective is equivalent to Cere(s) + -al.

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