English
server
Server comes from Middle English servere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500servere
- Englishearliest quotation 2013server
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500servere
- Englishearliest quotation 2013server
Earliest quotation: 2013, Jonathan Freedland, Obama's once hip brand is now tainted: “Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying…”
Formed from serve + -er
Latin servus ‘slave, servant’
Latin serviō ‘to be a slave; to serve’
Old French servir ‘to serve’
Middle English serven ‘to serve’
English serve
Every English word from Middle English servere
Today it means
noun A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English servere / server