sieruo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin servus, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“watch over, protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeɾβo/

Noun

sieruo m (plural sieruos, feminine sieruas, feminine plural sieruas)

1. servant, manservant
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v:

     eſtos angeles cõ q fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta dela cibdat. e violos e leuátos cótra elló. e omillos troa la tierra. e dixo les priego uos mios ſẽnores. Q̃ uẽgades acaſa de ur̃o ſieruo albergar.

     These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was at the city's gate. And he saw them and he got up to greet them and groveled with his face to the ground. And he said, “I beg you, my lords, come spend the night at your servant's house.”

   • Idem, f. 4v.

     e dixoles aſſẏ. dezid amẏo ermano ſénor eſau. q̃l dẏze ſo ſieruo iacob. con laban more troa agora. ⁊ euacas ⁊ oueias. ⁊ ſieruos ⁊ ſieruas. […]

     And he told them thus, “Tell my brother and master Esau that his servant Jacob says he has been staying with Laban till now. And I have cattle and sheep and manservants and maidservants […] ”

Synonyms

• mancebo m

Antonyms

• sennor

Descendants

• Spanish: siervo, sierva