sargento.
sergeant
Meaning & usage
sergeant
Where this word comes from
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 servientem Old French serjant Middle French sergentbor. Old Spanish sargente Spanish sargento Inherited from Old Spanish sargente, from Middle French sergent, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem (“servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“to serve or to be a slave to”), from servus (“a slave, a serf or a servant”), perhaps from Etruscan; compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (servi) or 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (serve); or from Proto-Italic *serwo, from Proto-Indo-European *serwoh₂. Doublet of sirviente.
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Where this word comes from
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 servientem Old French serjant Middle French sergentbor. Old Spanish sargente Spanish sargento Inherited from Old Spanish sargente, from Middle French sergent, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem (“servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“to serve or to be a slave to”), from servus (“a slave, a serf or a servant”), perhaps from Etruscan; compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (servi) or 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (serve); or from Proto-Italic *serwo, from Proto-Indo-European *serwoh₂. Doublet of sirviente.
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