Cereal Definition
Other Word Forms of Cereal
Noun
Origin of Cereal
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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 *ker- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).
From Wiktionary
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From Latin cereālis of grain from Cerēs Ceres ker-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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