Etymograph

English

servent

Blend of server + client.

A blend of server + client

Middle English servere

English server

Latin cliēns ‘customer’

Anglo-Norman clyent

Middle English client

English client

The story

Introduced by the Gnutella network technology.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Today it means

noun A peer-to-peer network node which has the functionality of both server and client.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “servent”. 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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