serve
Norwegian Nynorsk
verb-1
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to serve To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from English serve derived from Latin servio, serviō.
Origin
Latin
servio, serviō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- misserve English
- outserve English
- overserve English
- self-serve English
- servable English
- serve English
- serveable English
- servee English
- server English
- servery English
- servest English
- serveth English
- underserve English
- servata Finnish
- servio, serviō Latin
- szervál Hungarian
- servir French
- serve Swedish
- serwować Polish
- sørv Norwegian Nynorsk
- sørve Norwegian Nynorsk
- serven Middle English
- servi Esperanto
- เสิร์ฟ Thai