Serve

Morpheme

Serve

Type

free base

Denotation

be a slave, be devoted to

Etymology

Old French servir; Latin servītus, from servīre, from servus

Evidence

bondservant, deserve, disservice, eyeservant, maidservant, manservant, nonservant, outservant, semiservitude, servant, servantage, servantdom, servantess, servanthood, servantless, servantlike, servantly, servantry, servantship, serve, served, server, servery, serves, service, servient, serviette, servile, servility, serving, servings, servitude, servitudinal, servocontrol, servomechanism, servomotor, servosystem, subservient, subservitude, underservant, underserve, undeserved, undeserving, womanservant

See Also

Serf

Homographs

Serve