Latin

servo

‘keep watch, maintain’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin servo.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin servo, most familiar first.

• conservative ← conservatif ← cōnservō
• reserve ← reserver ← reservō
• observe ← observer ← observer ← observō
• reservoir ← réserver ← reservō
• conservatism ← conservō
• conserve ← conserven ← conserver ← conservare
• observant ← observer ← observō
• conservator ← conservatour ← conservatour ← cōnservō
• observator ← observateur ← observō
• conservatrix ← cōnservō
• inobservable ← inobservabilis ← observābilis ← observō

Etymograph / Latin servo