sieruo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeɾβo/

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 leuãtos cõtra ellõ. e omillos troa la tierra. e dixo les priego uos mios ſẽnores. Q̃ uẽgades acaſa de ur̃o ſieruo albergar.

     [Estos angeles con que fabló Abraam vinieron a Sodoma, e Loth sedía a la puerta de la cibdat. E vio-los e levantó-s contra ellos e omilló-s troa la tierra. E dixo-les “Priego-vos míos sennores que vengades a casa de vuestro siervo 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.”

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4v.:

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

     [E dixo-les assí, “Dezid a mío ermano sennor Esau que-l dize so siervo Jacob, con Laban more troa agora. E he vacas e ovejas e siervos e siervas. […] ”]

     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 […] ”

• mancebo m

• sennor

• Spanish: siervo, sierva