English
Observantist
From Observant + -ist.
Formed from Observant + -ist
Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’
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Latin servus ‘a slave’
Latin servō ‘watch, keep safe’
Latin observō ‘to observe, watch, pay attention to’
French observer ‘to observe, watch’
English Observant
Today it means
noun Synonym of Observant (“member of Franciscan order”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Observantist