Etymograph

English

servable

From serve + -able.

Formed from serve + -able

Latin servus ‘slave, servant’

Latin serviō ‘to be a slave; to serve’

Old French servir ‘to serve’

Middle English serven ‘to serve’

English serve

Today it means

adj Capable (as a meal, lawsuit, etc.) of being served.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “servable”. 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.

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