## Meanings
1. A breakfast food made from grain, usually eaten with milk.
2. A grain crop such as wheat, rice, or oats, grown to be eaten.
3. Relating to grain or the plants that produce it.

## Examples
- She had a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
- Wheat is one of the world's most important cereals.
- The country exports large amounts of cereal crops.

## Derived Forms
- cerealic
- cerealin
- cerealist
- cerealogy
- noncereal
- pseudocereal

## Related Forms
- crescent
- sincere

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱer-
- Root: Cerealis

## Etymology
Borrowed 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 *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).

## AI Etymology
cereal is an adjective and noun. It was borrowed 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 *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent). Historical forms in the chain include *ḱer- (Proto-Indo-European) and Cerealis (Latin). Current senses include a breakfast food made from grain, usually eaten with milk, a grain crop such as wheat, rice, or oats, grown to be eaten, and relating to grain or the plants that produce it. Derived forms include cerealic, cerealin, cerealist, cerealogy, and noncereal. Related words include crescent and sincere.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Plants & Agriculture

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