Where does “ĉefservisto” come from?
ĉefservisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto servisto, from Esperanto servi, from English serve, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir, from Latin serviō — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
ĉefservisto (Esperanto): butler
Ancestry of “ĉefservisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | servisto | servant |
| 2 | Esperanto | servi | to serve |
| 3 | English | serve | An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play... |
| 4 | French | servir | to serve; to be used for; to be useful for... |
| 5 | German | servieren | To serve ; to wait |
| 6 | Italian | servire | to serve; to need; to plate |
| 7 | Spanish | servir | to serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help... |
| 8 | Latin | serviō | — |
| 9 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |