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Where does “servitore” come from?

servitore (Italian) comes from Late Latin servitor, from Latin serviō, 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.

servitore (Italian): servant; server

Definitions

  1. servant; server

Ancestry of “servitore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinservitora servant, a servitor
2Latinserviō—
3Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
4Proto-Italicserwosguardian
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “servitore”

  • servitorame
  • servitor
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