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servo.

to maintain, keep

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈsɛr.woː]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛr.vo]

  1. to maintain, keep

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  2. to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over

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  3. to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, observe any thing

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  4. to save, to deliver, rescue

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  5. to preserve, store, keep, reserve

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  6. to permit, allow

    conjugation-1 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin servo By surface analysis, servus + -ō. According to Rix, the term may have originated as a denominative to an older noun *serwā or *serwom, both of which may have meant something akin to "observation, heedance." Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser-.

noun[ˈsɛr.woː]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛr.vo]

  1. dative/ablative singular of servus

    ablative · dative · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin servo By surface analysis, servus + -ō. According to Rix, the term may have originated as a denominative to an older noun *serwā or *serwom, both of which may have meant something akin to "observation, heedance." Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser-.

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