Etymology

seraphic

se·raf·ic
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Today it means: Of or relating to a seraph or the seraphim. Full definition →

Medieval Latin seraphicus ← Late Latin seraphīm ← Hebrew שָׂרָף
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromשָׂרָף“seraph”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromseraphīm
  3. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromseraphicus
  4. English todayseraphic

From Medieval Latin seraphicus, from Late Latin seraphīm, seraphīn, from Hebrew שָׂרָף (saráf, “seraph”). By surface analysis, seraph + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Hebrewשָׂרָף all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.