Etymograph

English

servage

Servage comes from Old French servage ‘vassaldom’.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400servage1‘vassaldom’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500servage1‘Servitude, bondage, subjugation’
  3. Englishtodayservage1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English servage

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400servageWiktionary, English servage‘vassaldom’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500servageWiktionary, English servage‘Servitude, bondage, subjugation’
  3. EnglishtodayservageWiktionary, English servage

Formed from serve + -age

Latin servus ‘slave, servant’

Latin serviō ‘to be a slave; to serve’

Old French servir ‘to serve’

Middle English serven ‘to serve’

English serve

Every English word from Old French servage

Today it means

noun Servitude, bondage.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “servage”. 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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