Where does “sergent” come from?

sergent (French) comes from Middle French sergent, from Old French serjant, from Medieval Latin serviens, from Latin serviēns, from Latin serviō, from Latin servus, from Proto-Italic serwos, from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sergent (French): sergeant

Definitions

  1. sergeant

Ancestry of “sergent”, step by step

sergent traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French sergent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsergent
2Old Frenchserjanta military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant
3Medieval Latinserviensa servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor; serving;...
4Latinserviēnsserving, (as a servant or slave)
5Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
6Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
7Proto-Italicserwosguardian
8Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
9Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Old French sergeant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsergeant
2Classical Latinserviēns

via Italian sergente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansergentesergeant

Words derived from “sergent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-