subservient

adj

Meaning

Useful in an inferior capacity.
Obsequiously submissive.
A person who is subservient to another; a subordinate.

Etymology / origin

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“to serve under”).

subserviens(la)→
*ser- (guard)(ine-pro)→
subservient (English)
Relations: root, uder

Related words

*ser- (guard)(ine-pro)subserviens(la)

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