conservus

conservus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?
Proto-Italic *serwos
Latin servus
Latin cōnservus

    From con- + servus.

    Noun

    cōnservus m (genitive cōnservī); second declension

    1. fellow slave or servant

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cōnservus cōnservī
    genitive cōnservī cōnservōrum
    dative cōnservō cōnservīs
    accusative cōnservum cōnservōs
    ablative cōnservō cōnservīs
    vocative cōnserve cōnservī

    Descendants

    • French: concierge
      • →? Belarusian: кансье́рж (kansʹjérž)
      • → Catalan: conserge
      • → English: concierge
      • → German: Concierge
      • → Portuguese: concierge
      • → Russian: консье́рж (konsʹjérž)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: konsijerž / консијерж
      • → Spanish: conserje
      • → Ukrainian: консьє́рж (konsʹjérž)

    References

    • “conservus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “conservus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “conservus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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