English
servitudinal
Servitudinal comes from Latin servitūdō ‘servitude, slavery’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serwos‘guardian?’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEservos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEservus‘servile’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservitūdōas servitūdin-‘servitude, slavery’
- Englishtodayservitudinal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serwos‘guardian?’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEservos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEservus‘servile’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservitūdōas servitūdin-‘servitude, slavery’
- Englishtodayservitudinal
Formed from -al
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to guard, take care’
series, sort, stream, hero, desert, insert, assertion, sermon, exert, heresy, concierge, sorcery, sorcerer, assertive, heretic, sark, strudel, sere, 32 more
through Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’
through Old Latin servos
through Latin servus ‘servile’
serve, conservative, reservoir, conservatism, observant, serviceable, conservator, serf, 10 more
Today it means
adj Of or relating to servitude.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *serwos / servitudinal