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Where does “servis” come from?

servis (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French service, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

servis (Serbo-Croatian): service

Definitions

  1. service

Ancestry of “servis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchserviceservice; cutlery; you're welcome
2Old Frenchserviseservice; servitude; vasselage; church service
3Latinservitiumslavery, servitude; slaves; service
4Latin-itia-ness, -ity
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →