servidão

Meaning

1. (feminine) serfdom
2. (feminine) servitude

Concepts

serfdom

servitude

easement

serfhood

vassalage

bondage

debt bondage

easing

peonage

Synonyms

Servidão

servitude

Translations

servage

servidumbre

servitude

Leibeigenschaft

servitud

servituut

horigheid

servitù

Eigenbehörigkeit

lijfeigenschap

vassallaggio

υποτέλεια

herendienst

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seʁ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: servitudo

Cognate with Galician: servidume

Cognate with Spanish: servidumbre

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese servidom, from earlier servidõe, servidũe, inherited from Latin servitūdinem, derived ultimately from servus (“slave, servant”). Doublet of servitude, a borrowing from Latin. Compare Galician servidume and Spanish servidumbre.