servus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a servant
- a serf
- a slave
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (guardian).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ser-wo-
Gloss
guardian
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- servitute English
- *conservius Latin
- conservus Latin
- serviculus Latin
- servilis Latin
- servitium Latin
- servitor Latin
- servitus Latin
- servitūdō Latin
- servitūs Latin
- servula Latin
- servizio Italian
- servo Italian
- servosterzo Italian
- serveur French
- service French
- servitude French
- servicio Spanish, Castilian
- servil Spanish, Castilian
- siervo Spanish, Castilian
- *ser-wo- Proto-Indo-European
- servitør Norwegian Bokmål
- servil Portuguese
- servo Portuguese
- serwus Polish
- servitør Norwegian Nynorsk
- serf Middle English
- serf Old French
- servise Old French
- servei Catalan, Valencian
- servil Catalan, Valencian
- serv Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- șerb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- serf Middle Dutch
- serf Middle French
- servitude Middle French
- serviço Old Portuguese
- sierf Friulian
- sieruo Old Spanish