Where does “servosterzo” come from?

servosterzo (Italian) comes from Italian servo, 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.

servosterzo (Italian): power steering, power-assisted steering

Definitions

  1. power steering, power-assisted steering

Ancestry of “servosterzo”, step by step

servosterzo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian servo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianservoservile; slave; servant
2Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
3Proto-Italicserwosguardian
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Italian sterzo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansterzosteering wheel; first-person singular present...
2Lombardicsterzhandle of the plough

Words derived from “servosterzo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →