Proto-Indo-European

*ser-wo-s

‘guardian’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s, most familiar first.

• serve ← serven ← servir ← serviō ← servus
• servitude ← servitūdō ← servus ← servos ← *serwos
• serviceable ← servisable ← servisable ← servise ← servitium
• servile ← servyle ← servil ← servīlis ← servus
• serf ← servus ← servos ← *serwos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s