Etymology

seroconvert

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Today it means: To become seropositive or seronegative: to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen or to recover from the infection. Full definition →

English convert ← Middle English converten ← Old French convertir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sér-o-
  3. Proto-Italic*serom
  4. Latinserum
  5. Englishserum
  6. Englishsero-
  7. Latinconvertō
  8. Old Frenchconvertir
  9. Middle Englishconverten
  10. Englishconvert
  11. English todayseroconvert

From sero- + convert.

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