υπηρετώ

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπηρετῶ (hupēretô), from ὑπηρέτης (hupērétēs, “servant”) +‎ -ω (-ō, verbal suffix), with semantic loan from French servir.[1] By surface analysis, υπηρέτης (ypirétis) +‎ -ω (-o).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.pi.ɾeˈto/
  • Hyphenation: υ‧πη‧ρε‧τώ

Verb

υπηρετώ • (ypiretó) (past υπηρέτησα, passive υπηρετούμαι, p‑past υπηρετήθηκα)

  1. to serve (to provide a service)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ υπηρετώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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