Where does “servir” come from?

servir (Venetian) comes from Latin servire, from Latin servio, 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.

servir (Venetian): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “servir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinservirepresent active infinitive of serviō; serve, be a...
2LatinservioI am a slave to; I serve; I am devoted to,...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-