serf

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him)

Adj

being or like a serf, semifree

Sinonieme

esclave

serve

captif

serviteur

Vertalings

serf

escravo

schiavo

Leibeigener

horige

esclavo

köle

lijfeigene

slave

villein

serf

servo

servo

servo della gleba

Knecht

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɛʁf/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French: serf

Geërf van Old French: serf

Geërf van Latyn: servus

In summary

Inherited from Middle French serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.