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    2 days ago

    Do you have a source for that for me to followup? I learned te Latin root as well, but in the historic context of “I’m your servant” as a formal goodbye formula.

    I’m aware of the old Germanic sev which could be argued to be the root but ice never seen a linguist or historian actually explain that!

    Thanks in advance!