Where does “servience” come from?

servience (English) comes from English servient, from Latin serviēns, from Latin serviō, 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.

servience (English): The state of being servient

Definitions

  1. The state of being servient

Ancestry of “servience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishservientsubordinate
2Latinserviēnsserving, (as a servant or slave)
3Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-
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