English
servitute
Servitute comes from Latin servitus ‘slavery, servitude’, 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‘a slave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservitus‘slavery, servitude’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500servitute‘Servitude or bondage’
- Englishtodaysame form
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‘a slave’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEservitus‘slavery, servitude’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500servitute‘Servitude or bondage’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to guard, take care’
sort, series, stream, hero, desert, insert, assertion, sermon, heresy, exert, concierge, sorcery, sorcerer, assertive, heretic, sark, strudel, sere, 32 more
through Proto-Italic *serwos ‘guardian?’
through Old Latin servos
through Latin servus ‘a slave’
serve, conservative, reservoir, conservatism, observant, serviceable, conservator, serf, 10 more
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *serwos / servitute