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

  1. military service

Ancestry of “militservo”, step by step

militservo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto servo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoservoservice
2Esperantoservito serve
3EnglishserveAn act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play...
4Frenchservirto serve; to be used for; to be useful for...
5Germanservierento serve (food); to wait (at table)
6Italianservireto serve; to need; to plate
7Spanishservirto serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help...
8Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
9Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
10Proto-Italicserwosguardian
11Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
12Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Esperanto milito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomilitowar
2Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
3SpanishA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
4LatinAramaicusAramean, Aramaic
5Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκόςAramean, Aramaic
6AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
7AramaicארמיאAramaean
8AramaicארםAram (son of Shem)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-sEvery word from Proto-Italic serwos