Etymology

servery

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Today it means: A place where food is served, either the surface itself or the room; a food counter or canteen or cafeteria service area. Full definition →

English serve ← Middle English serven ← Old French servir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*serwos
  3. Proto-Indo-European*serweyéti
  4. Proto-Italic*serwijeti
  5. Proto-Italic*serwijit
  6. Proto-Italic*serwiō
  7. Latinserviō
  8. Old Frenchservir
  9. Middle Englishserven
  10. Englishserve
  11. English todayservery

From serve + -ry (“place of”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.