Where does “serviceable” come from?
Serviceable derives from Old French servisable, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin servire meaning "to serve," from Latin servus meaning "slave," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser-.
serviceable (English): Easy to service; Repairable instead of...
Definitions
- Easy to service; Repairable instead of...
Ancestry of “serviceable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | servisable | — |
| 2 | Old French | servise | service; servitude; vasselage; church service |
| 3 | Latin | servitium | slavery, servitude; slaves; service |
| 4 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |