Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ser-wo-s”
400 words across 54 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s — including service, serve, servant, serving, desert, deserve, sergeant, dessert.
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English (155)
- service
- serve
- servant
- serving
- desert
- deserve
- sergeant
- dessert
- servitude
- serviceable
- subservient
- servile
- concierge
- serf
- servility
- serfdom
- preservice
- desertification
- disservice
- maidservant
- manservant
- servitor
- subserviency
- foodservice
- serviceability
- unserviceable
- servient
- serviceman
- servicer
- servanthood
- servilely
- serviette
- servomotor
- servicemember
- deserveth
- sarge
- dessertspoonful
- interservice
- serviceableness
- multiservice
- semidesert
- deservest
- bondservant
- serviceberry
- servicescape
- servest
- serfage
- subserviently
- desertlike
- serviceably
- disserve
- dessertspoon
- servery
- servantless
- desertic
- nonservice
- servitute
- serviceperson
- eyeservice
- enserfment
- servable
- servicemark
- superserviceable
- disserviceable
- servicewoman
- servitorship
- womanservant
- desertness
- servantship
- sergeantry
- deserver
- postservice
- deserteth
- teleservice
- serflike
- desertest
- underserve
- nondesert
- unserviceability
- triservice
- unserviceableness
- desertscape
- subdesert
- servantry
- unservile
- enserf
- servilism
- sergeantship
- deserty
- nonserving
- antidesertification
- servitress
- serfhood
- serfish
- overserve
- inservient
- serviceless
- indesert
- undeserver
- desertless
- nonservile
- underservant
- nonservant
- desertland
- misserve
- unservable
- eyeservant
- servee
- reservice
- unserviceably
- dessertlike
- desertify
- overservice
- desertful
- semiservitude
- serfship
- undeserve
- serveable
- unservice
- misdesert
- antiservice
- servileness
- dessertless
- servantly
- outserve
- serjeantship
- pseudoservice
- nondessert
- desertlessly
- servantess
- civil service
- fanservice
- service agreement
- self-serving
- self-serve
- self-service
- cyberservice
- nonserf
- metaservice
- servicification
- desserty
- e-service
- ex-serviceman
- predessert
- serviceage
- inserve
- servantage
- conciergeship
- under-sergeant
- microservice
- fanservicy
- megaservice
- ecoservice
- desert fruit cake
- serves
Latin (39)
- deservire
- servire
- servus
- servientem
- serviens
- servitium
- servio
- serva
- servitudo
- servitus
- subserviens
- subservio
- conservus
- serviturus
- deservio
- deserviens
- inserviens
- inservire
- serviendus
- servitor
- servulus
- servilis
- asservio
- praeservio
- deserviturus
- asserviens
- asserviendus
- deservitus
- deserviendus
- praeserviens
- praeserviendus
- subserviendus
- serviens ad clavam
- serviens ad legem
- servito
- subservient
- servile
- Servilius
- servitudinem