Where does “ĉefserĝento” come from?
ĉefserĝento (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto serĝento, from French sergent, from Middle French sergent, from Old French serjant, from Medieval Latin serviens, from Latin serviēns, from Latin serviō, from Latin servus — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
ĉefserĝento (Esperanto): chief sergeant
Ancestry of “ĉefserĝento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | serĝento | sergeant |
| 2 | French | sergent | sergeant |
| 3 | Middle French | sergent | — |
| 4 | Old French | serjant | a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | serviens | a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor; serving;... |
| 6 | Latin | serviēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | serviō | — |
| 8 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |