Where does “subserviency” come from?
Subserviency derives from English subservient, from Latin subserviens meaning "serving under," composed of Latin subservire combining upo "under" and ser- "to serve," with the noun suffix -cia, -ia, ultimately from Ancient Greek -ία and Proto-Indo-European -h₂.
subserviency (English): The state of being subservient; subservience
Definitions
- The state of being subservient; subservience
Ancestry of “subserviency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | subservient | Useful in an inferior capacity; Obsequiously... |
| 2 | Latin | subserviens | |
| 3 | Latin | subservio | I serve; am subservient to |
| 4 | Latin | serviō | — |
| 5 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |