Where does “serven” come from?

serven (Middle English) comes from Old French servir, 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.

serven (Middle English): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “serven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchservirto serve
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

Words derived from “serven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s →Every word from Proto-Italic serwos →