servir.
to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
Meaning & usage
to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
Je suis allée en France avec ma mère l'année dernière et le serveur nous a servi des escargots!
On vous a servie, madame?
to be used for
to be useful, to be of use, come in handy
to serve (start a point with service)
to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
to help oneself, to serve oneself
to use, make use
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 Old French servir Middle French servir French servir Inherited from Middle French servir, from Old French servir, from Latin servīre.
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