Proto-Italic

*serwos

‘guardian?’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *serwos.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *serwos, most familiar first.

• service ← servise ← serfis ← servise ← servitium
• serve ← serven ← servir ← serviō ← servus
• conservative ← conservatif ← cōnservō ← servō ← servus
• reserve ← reserver ← reservō ← servō ← servus
• observe ← observer ← observer ← observō ← servō
• reservoir ← réserver ← reservō ← servō ← servus
• conservatism ← conservō ← servō ← servus ← servos
• conserve ← conserven ← conserver ← conservare ← servo
• observant ← observer ← observō ← servō ← servus
• servitude ← servitūdō ← servus ← servos
• serviceable ← servisable ← servisable ← servise ← servitium
• conservator ← conservatour ← conservatour ← cōnservō ← servō

More words from *serwos

• servile
• serf
• observator
• conservatrix
• inobservable
• servitute
• servitudinal

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *serwos