Where does “sèvitè” come from?
sèvitè (Haitian Creole) comes from French serviteur, from Latin servītor, from French serveur, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir, from Latin serviō — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
sèvitè (Haitian Creole): servant
Ancestry of “sèvitè”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | serviteur | servant |
| 2 | Latin | servītor | — |
| 3 | French | serveur | waiter; server |
| 4 | French | servir | to serve; to be used for; to be useful for... |
| 5 | German | servieren | To serve ; to wait |
| 6 | Italian | servire | to serve; to need; to plate |
| 7 | Spanish | servir | to serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help... |
| 8 | Latin | serviō | — |
| 9 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |