Where does “servitorime” come from?

servitorime (Romanian) comes from Romanian servitor, from French serviteur, from Latin servītor, from French serveur, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

servitorime (Romanian): servantry

Definitions

  1. servantry

Ancestry of “servitorime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianservitorservant, attendant, domestic, retainer,...
2Frenchserviteurservant
3Latinservītora servant, a servitor
4Frenchserveurwaiter; server
5Frenchservirto serve; to be used for; to be useful for...
6Germanservierento serve (food); to wait (at table)
7Italianservireto serve; to need; to plate
8Spanishservirto serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help...
9Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
10Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
11Proto-Italicserwosguardian
12Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
13Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-