Where does “servantino” come from?

servantino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ino, from German -īn, from Middle High German -īn.

servantino (Esperanto): a female servant, maid

Definitions

  1. a female servant, maid

Ancestry of “servantino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-inoof feminine sex
2German-īncreates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables
3Middle High German-īn—
Every word from Middle High German -īn →Every word from German -īn →Every word from Esperanto -ino →