Where does “Diservo” come from?
Diservo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto servo, 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.
Diservo (Esperanto): divine worship
Ancestry of “Diservo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | servo | service |
| 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 |