sargento

Etymology

From French sergent, 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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾ.ˈʒẽ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saʁ.ˈʒẽ.tu/
• Hyphenation: sar‧gen‧to

Noun

sargento m, f (plural sargentos)

1. sergeant

References

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. Doublet of sirviente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɾ.ˈxen.to/

Noun

sargento m (plural sargentos, feminine sargenta, feminine plural sargentas)

1. sergeant

References