Where does “deserviciu” come from?
deserviciu (Romanian) comes from Romanian serviciu, from French service, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
deserviciu (Romanian): disservice
Definitions
- disservice
Ancestry of “deserviciu”, step by step
deserviciu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian serviciu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | serviciu | employment, work; service; practice |
| 2 | French | service | service; cutlery; you're welcome |
| 3 | Old French | servise | service; servitude; vasselage; church service |
| 4 | Latin | servitium | slavery, servitude; slaves; service |
| 5 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |