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Where does “serjant” come from?

serjant (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin serviens, from Latin serviēns, 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.

serjant (Old French): a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant

Definitions

  1. a military rank, roughly equivalent to sergeant

Ancestry of “serjant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinserviensa servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor; serving;...
2Latinserviēns—
3Latinserviō—
4Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
5Proto-Italicserwosguardian
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “serjant”

  • sergeant
  • sarge
  • sergeantry
  • sergeantship
  • serjeantship
  • under-sergeant
  • сержант
  • sergent
  • sergot
  • 沙展
  • ĉefserĝento
  • serĝento
  • sersjant
  • sersjant
  • serjent
  • serjawnt
  • sergeant
  • sergant
  • sergeaunt
  • serjaunt
  • maorsháirsint
  • sáirsint
  • serjanagh
  • ard-harjant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →