• Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    One that i hate is from the high german dialects: servus

    So many wanna be intelectuals always go like this when you say it: “actually did you know this word means slave, because the romans called their slaves with it and in english it means ‘serve us’. So you just called me a slave”

    The word “servus” doesnt come from latin and has been in use before the romans infuenced the south germanic tribes!

    • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      Do you have a source for that for me to followup? I learned te Latin root as well, but in the historic context of “I’m your servant” as a formal goodbye formula.

      I’m aware of the old Germanic sev which could be argued to be the root but ice never seen a linguist or historian actually explain that!

      Thanks in advance!