Where does “autoservire” come from?

autoservire (Romanian) comes from Romanian servire, from Romanian servi, 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.

autoservire (Romanian): self-service

Definitions

  1. self-service

Ancestry of “autoservire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianservireservice
2Romanianservito serve; to serve up, dish up; to wait on,...
3Frenchservirto serve; to be used for; to be useful for...
4Germanservierento serve (food); to wait (at table)
5Italianservireto serve; to need; to plate
6Spanishservirto serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help...
7Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-sEvery word from Proto-Italic serwos