köken: Inherited from Old Spanish seruidumne, inherited from Latin servitūdinem, derived ultimately from servus (“slave, servant”). Compare Portuguese servidão. By surface analysis, siervo + -dumbre.
köken: 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.
serfdom, corvee (feudal system that includes serfs) · serfdom, corvee (state of being a serf) · serfdom, corvee (unpaid labor required by a feudal lord)