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Serb.

A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

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Meaning & usage

noun/sɝb/General-American/sɜːb/Received-Pronunciation/səːb/British, Southern, Standard/sɛɾb/Scotland

  1. A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbider. English Serb From Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo (“to guard, to protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haᵘruuaⁱti, “to guard”). Doublet of Sorb.

adj/sɝb/General-American/sɜːb/Received-Pronunciation/səːb/British, Southern, Standard/sɛɾb/Scotland

  1. Of or pertaining to the Serbs; Serbian.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbider. English Serb From Serbo-Croatian Срби /Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo (“to guard, to protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haᵘruuaⁱti, “to guard”). Doublet of Sorb.

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