Where does “servitor” come from?
servitor (Romanian) comes from French serviteur, from Latin servītor, from French serveur, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir, from Latin serviō — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
servitor (Romanian): servant, attendant, domestic, retainer,...
Definitions
- servant, attendant, domestic, retainer,...
Ancestry of “servitor”, step by step
servitor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French serviteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | serviteur | servant |
| 2 | Latin | servītor | a servant, a servitor |
| 3 | French | serveur | waiter; server |
| 4 | French | servir | to serve; to be used for; to be useful for... |
| 5 | German | servieren | to serve (food); to wait (at table) |
| 6 | Italian | servire | to serve; to need; to plate |
| 7 | Spanish | servir | to serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help... |
| 8 | Latin | serviō | to be a slave to; to serve |
| 9 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |