servir

French

verb
Definitions
  • to serve (to bring a meal to someone)
  • to be used for
  • to be useful for someone, to be of use, come in handy
  • (sports) to serve start a point with service
  • (sports) to set up pass to, in order to give a scoring chance
  • (reflexive) to help oneself, to serve oneself
  • to use, make use of

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French servir inherited from Old French servir inherited from Latin servīre.

Origin

Latin

servīre

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