English
serfish
From serf + -ish.
Formed from serf + -ish
Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s ‘guardian’
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Old Latin servos
Latin servus ‘slave, serf, servant’
Old French serf
Middle English serf
English serf
Today it means
adj of a serf, relating to serfdom
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “serfish”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / serfish