Where does “desvisar” come from?

desvisar (Ido) comes from Ido visar, from French visser, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir, from Latin serviō, from Latin servus — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

desvisar (Ido): to unscrew

Definitions

  1. to unscrew

Ancestry of “desvisar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idovisarto screw in: turn in a screw
2Frenchvisserto screw in; to screw on
3Frenchservirto serve; to be used for; to be useful for...
4Germanservierento serve (food); to wait (at table)
5Italianservireto serve; to need; to plate
6Spanishservirto serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help...
7Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
8Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
9Proto-Italicserwosguardian
10Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
11Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-