Where does “asservissable” come from?
asservissable (French) comes from French asservir, from French serf, from Middle French serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus, from Proto-Italic serwos, from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
asservissable (French): enslavable
Definitions
- enslavable
Ancestry of “asservissable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | asservir | to enslave |
| 2 | French | serf | a serf; being or like a serf, semifree |
| 3 | Middle French | serf | serf semifree peasant |
| 4 | Old French | serf | serf; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |