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Where does “server” come from?

server (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English server, from English serve, 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.

server (Norwegian Bokmål): a server; the player who serves the ball;...

Definitions

  1. a server; the player who serves the ball;...

Ancestry of “server”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishserverA program that provides services to other...
2EnglishserveAn act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play...
3Frenchservirto serve; to be used for; to be useful for...
4GermanservierenTo serve ; to wait
5Italianservireto serve; to need; to plate
6Spanishservirto serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help...
7Latinserviō—
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
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