a serf (semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him)
çekim: çoğul serfs
köken: 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.
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish sieruo, from Latin servus (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.
serf, carl (partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights)
köken: From jobb (“better”, comparative degree of jó) + -gy (diminutive suffix). Its original meaning was "a person belonging to the most distinguished members of a social class".