Where does “servient” come from?

Servient comes from Latin serviens, the present participle of servio, derived from servus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser-.

servient (English): subordinate

Definitions

  1. subordinate

Ancestry of “servient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserviēnsserving, (as a servant or slave)
2Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
3Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
4Proto-Italicserwosguardian
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “servient”

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