English
Serviceton
From Service + -ton, named after James Service.
Formed from Service + -ton
Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian’
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Latin servitium ‘slavery’
Old French servise ‘service’
Old English serfis
Middle English servise ‘the state of being employed’
English Service
The story
From Service + -ton, named after James Service.
Today it means
name A small town in western Victoria, Australia, on the border with South Australia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serviceton