English

even-servant

Even-servant comes from Middle English; the Middle English form is not named.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ém-no- ‘equal, straight’

Proto-Germanic *ebnaz ‘equal, even’

Proto-West Germanic *ebna- ‘like-, level, equal-’

English even-

Old French servant

Middle English servaunt ‘a servant or attendant’

noun A fellow-servant.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / even-servant