Definitions
Help or work done for others
Word origin
From Middle English servise, from Old English serfis, from Old French servise (French service), from the verb servir, from Latin servitium (compare Portuguese serviço, Italian servizio, Norman sèrvice, Spanish servicio), from servus (“servant; serf; slave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo-s (“guardian”), possibly from *ser- (“watch over, protect”). Displaced native Old English þeġnung.
Used in a sentence
“I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.”
“The Parliament for ever cries more money, / The service of the state demands more money. / Just heaven! of what service is the state?”
“Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.”
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