Where does “serviisi” come from?
serviisi (Finnish) comes from French service, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
serviisi (Finnish): service set of dishes or utensils
Definitions
- service set of dishes or utensils
Ancestry of “serviisi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | service | service; cutlery; you're welcome |
| 2 | Old French | servise | service; servitude; vasselage; church service |
| 3 | Latin | servitium | slavery, servitude; slaves; service |
| 4 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |