Etymology

servo-

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Latin servus ← Proto-Italic *serwos ← Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*serwos
  3. Latinservus
  4. English todayservo-

Derived from Latin servus (“slave”).

Words from the same roots

Latinservus all →

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