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
- self-service
Ancestry of “autoservire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | servire | service |
| 2 | Romanian | servi | to serve; to serve up, dish up; to wait on,... |
| 3 | French | servir | to serve; to be used for; to be useful for... |
| 4 | German | servieren | to serve (food); to wait (at table) |
| 5 | Italian | servire | to serve; to need; to plate |
| 6 | Spanish | servir | to serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help... |
| 7 | Latin | serviō | to be a slave to; to serve |
| 8 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |