servage

English

Etymology

From Middle English servage, from Old French servage; equivalent to serve +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvɪd͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

servage (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Servitude, bondage.
2. (obsolete) The devoted service of a lover.

Anagrams

• Gervase, Greaves, greaves

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French servage. By surface analysis, serf +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.vaʒ/

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Noun

servage m (plural servages)

1. servitude (the state of being a slave)
2. serfage

Further reading

• “servage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• servayge, servege

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French servage; equivalent to serven +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrˈvaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈsɛrvad͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

servage (uncountable)

1. Servitude, bondage, subjugation.
2. Marital or religious bondage or service.
3. Homage, allegiance.
4. (feudalism) A payment or service required by a liege.

Descendants

• English: servage

References

• “servāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Noun

servage oblique singular, m (oblique plural servages, nominative singular servages, nominative plural servage)

1. vassaldom; servitude

Descendants

• French: servage
• → Italian: servaggio
• → Middle English: servage, servayge, servege
  • English: servage