Where does “sirviente” come from?

sirviente (Spanish) comes from Latin serviēns, from Latin serviō, from Latin servus, from Proto-Italic serwos, from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-s, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sirviente (Spanish): servant

Definitions

  1. servant

Ancestry of “sirviente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserviēnsserving, (as a servant or slave)
2Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
3Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
4Proto-Italicserwosguardian
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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