servo
Portuguese
/ˈsɛɾvu/
noun
Definitions
- servant
- serf
Etymology
Inherited from Latin servus (slave, servant, serf) 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
- conservus Latin
- serviculus Latin
- servilis Latin
- servitium Latin
- servitor Latin
- servitus Latin
- servitūdō Latin
- servitūs Latin
- servula Latin
- servus Latin
- servo Italian
- *ser-wo- Proto-Indo-European
- serwus Polish
- serf Old French
- serv Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- șerb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sierf Friulian
- sieruo Old Spanish