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from servus meaning a servant for writing which is in turn from manus meaning "a hand"

À la recherche du temps perdu.

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Is that so? How cool. I do love me some linguistic nerddom…

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For a variety of reasons I study the etymology of words.

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It’s a fun study, for sure.

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It is like study Chinese characters, it tells some about where the word came from.

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O yeah good point! The word itself is a story.

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