Where does “militservo” come from?
militservo (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.
militservo (Esperanto): military service
Definitions
- military service
Ancestry of “militservo”, step by step
militservo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto servo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (food); to wait (at table) |
| 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 | to be a slave to; to serve |
| 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 |
via Esperanto milito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | milito | war |
| 2 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 7 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |