severus
Pronunciation: [sɛˈweː.rʊs]
“severus” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:
adjective
Etymology
According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *seɣwēros, from a collective derivation of the noun Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰwr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold”). Other etymologists, such as Meiser, posit this word to be from se- + verus, but De Vaan notes a heavy semantic mismatch.
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