English
Serbism
From Serb + -ism.
A compound of Serb + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to protect, watch over’
Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ ‘ally, Serb, Sorb’
Serbo-Croatian Срби//Srbi
English Serb
Today it means
noun A linguistic feature of Serbian language, especially a Serbian idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serbism