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==Origin==
==Origin==
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[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from present participle of servir. In modern French only the [[feminine]] servante has [[survived]] in this sense. In Old French the present participle had the same [[form]] in both [[genders]]; hence the [[English]] [[word]] has always been applied both to [[males]] and [[females]], without any distinction of form.
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[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from present participle of servir. In modern French only the [[feminine]] servante has [[survived]] in this sense. In Old French the present participle had the same [[form]] in both [[genders]]; hence the [[English]] [[word]] has always been applied both to [[males]] and [[females]], without any distinction of form.