serry

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsera“a bar, bolt”
2. Late Latin · derived fromserare“fasten, bolt”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*serrare“close, shut”
4. Old French · derived fromserrer
5. Middle French · derived fromserrer
6. French · borrowed fromserré
7. English todayserry

Borrowed from French serré, past participle of serrer, from Middle French serrer, from Old French serrer, from Vulgar Latin *serrare (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serare (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“a bar, bolt”), akin to Latin serere (“to join or bind together”). Compare French serrer (“to tighten”) and Spanish cerrar (“to shut, close”).

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