Etymology

servious

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Today it means: servile; obsequious Full definition →

Middle English servyouse ← Old French serveux
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromserveux
  2. Middle English · inherited fromservyouse
  3. English todayservious

From Middle English servyouse, a variant of Middle English servicious or from Old French serveux.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.