WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
-serv-, root.
- -serv- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "slave.'' This meaning is found in such words as: deserve, disservice, servant, serve, service, servile, servitude, subservient.
- -serv- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "save.'' This meaning is found in such words as: conservation, conserve, observation, observe, preservation, preserve, reservation, reserve, reservoir, unreserved.
'-serv-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American Friends Service Committee
- Citizens Band
- Community Services Administration
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Distinguished Service Cross
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Distinguished Service Order
- Forest Service
- General Services Administration
- Internal Revenue Service
- Lifesaving Service
- National Park Service
- National Weather Service
- Public Broadcasting Service
- United States Customs Service
- United States Employment Service
- United States Postal Service
- abstracting service
- active duty
- air service
- answering service
- armed forces
- bond servant
- civil servant
- civil service
- community service
- curb service
- debt service
- divine service
- eyeservice
- fellow servant
- fellow-servant rule
- file server
- food service
- foreign service
- human services
- indentured servant
- indexing service
- lip service
- list server
- news service
- prayer meeting
- process server
- public servant
- public service
- public-service corporation
- room service
- rural delivery service
- servqual
- tea service