servitude

中文来自 ECDICT

serve词根/词干

Used to forms nouns of state, condition or quality.

原始印欧语 *ser- (guard)

From Middle French servitude, from Latin servitūdō, from Latin servus (“slave”). Equivalent to serve +‎ -itude.

名词 Noun

The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.
(law) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement