servient

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *serwos

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *serweyéti

Proto-Italic *serwijeti

Proto-Italic *serwijit

Proto-Italic *serwiō

Latin serviō

Latin serviēns, servientisbor.

English servient

Borrowed from Latin serviēns, servientis. Doublet of servant and sergeant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)viənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

servient (comparative more servient, superlative most servient)

1. (obsolete, law) subordinate
   • 1757, John Dyer, The Fleece:

     servient youth, and magisterial eld

Derived terms

• servience
• servient estate
• servient premises
• servient tenement

References

“servient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nerviest, reinvest, sirvente

Latin

Verb

servient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of serviō