Where does “servente” come from?

servente (Portuguese) comes 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.

servente (Portuguese): assistant

Definitions

  1. assistant

Ancestry of “servente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserviēnsserving, (as a servant or slave)
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 “servente”

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