Portuguese

Noun

sargento m f (plural sargentos)

1. sergeant

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: jajeentegi

References

1. ↑ “serve” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish sargente, from Middle French sergent, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient or sergant ‎(“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin serviēns, servientem ‎(“a servant, a vassal, a soldier or an apparitor”), from Latin serviēns ‎(“serving”), present participle of serviō, servīre ‎(“to serve or to be a slave to”), from servus ‎(“a slave, a serf or a servant”), perhaps from Etruscan; compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 ‎(Servi) or 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 ‎(Serve)^[1]; from Proto-Italic *serwo, from Proto-Indo-European *serwoh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɾ.ˈxen.to/

Noun

sargento m, f ‎(plural sargentos)

1. sergeant

References

1. ↑ “serve” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).