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servus

Pronunciation: [ˈsɛr.wʊs]

“servus” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a slave
  2. a serf
  3. a servant

adjective

  1. slavish, servile (to the senses or to authority)
  2. subject or liable to servitude

In Latin

  1. Qui alicui servit
  2. Qui liber non est atque aliis servire debet.

Etymology

From Old Latin servos, from Proto-Italic *serwos (“guardian”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”) + *-wós. Cognate with servō, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti, “he heeds, protects”), Northern Luri هیر (hir, “protects”).

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