Where does “serfism” come from?

serfism (English) comes from English serf, from Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus, from Proto-Italic serwos, from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

serfism (English): The system of serfs as workers attached to land

Definitions

  1. The system of serfs as workers attached to land

Ancestry of “serfism”, step by step

serfism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English serf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishserfa partially free peasant of a low hereditary...
2Middle Englishserf
3Old Frenchserfserf; first-person singular present indicative of...
4Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
5Proto-Italicserwosguardian
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-
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