Where does “subservient” come from?

subservient (Latin) comes from Latin subservio, 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.

subservient (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...

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Ancestry of “subservient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsubservioI serve; am subservient to
2Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
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
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