Where does “พนักงานเสิร์ฟ” come from?

พนักงานเสิร์ฟ (Thai) comes from Thai เสิร์ฟ, from English serve, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir, from Latin serviō, from Latin servus — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

พนักงานเสิร์ฟ (Thai): waiter, waitress

Definitions

  1. waiter, waitress

Ancestry of “พนักงานเสิร์ฟ”, step by step

พนักงานเสิร์ฟ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เสิร์ฟ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเสิร์ฟto serve; to present; to serve: to put in play
2EnglishserveAn act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play...
3Frenchservirto serve; to be used for; to be useful for...
4Germanservierento serve (food); to wait (at table)
5Italianservireto serve; to need; to plate
6Spanishservirto serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help...
7Latinserviōto be a slave to; to serve
8Latinservusa servant; a serf; a slave
9Proto-Italicserwosguardian
10Proto-Indo-Europeanser-wo-sguardian
11Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Thai พนักงาน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiพนักงานduty; function; one responsible for a duty or...
2Old Khmerbnāk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-wo-sEvery word from Proto-Italic serwos