The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromserjantia
- Old French · derived fromserjantie
- Middle English · inherited fromsergeauntie
- English todayserjeanty
From Middle English sergeauntie, serjaunte, from Old French serjantie, sergantie and Medieval Latin serjantia, sergantia. Compare sergeancy.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinserjantia all →
sergeancy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.