ser·vi·tude 
(sûrvĭ-td′, -tyd′)
(sûrvĭ-td′, -tyd′)n.
1.
a. A state of subjection to an owner or master.
b. Lack of personal freedom, as to act as one chooses.
2. Forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime: penal servitude in labor camps.
3. Law An easement.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus, slave.]
- Indo-European root: bher-
- Indo-European root: bhergh-
- Indo-European root: bhergh-
- Indo-European root: bherəg-
- Indo-European root: bhes-
- Indo-European root: bheudh-
- Indo-European root: bheug-
- Indo-European root: bheuə-
- Indo-European root: bhleu-
- Indo-European root: bhlē-
- Indo-European root: bhoso-
- Indo-European root: bhreg-
- Indo-European root: bhreu-
- Indo-European root: bhrāter-
- Indo-European root: bhrū-
- Indo-European root: bhā-
- Indo-European root: bhā-
- Indo-European root: bhāghu-
- Indo-European root: bhāgo-
- Indo-European root: dail-
- Indo-European root: daiwer-
- Indo-European root: dakru-
- Indo-European root: de-
- Indo-European root: deik-
- Indo-European root: dek-