I often hear word "Servus" for greeting someone in Austria. Where does this word originated from?

Answer 1

it comes from the latin word "servus" and originally meant "i'm your servant" before it became a way of greeting one another

Answer 2

The word "servus" is latin and means, servant. It was used in the phrase "servus suus" (i am your servant) as a greeting form and it still survives with this meaning in austria, bavaria and slovenia. The same phrase in venitian dialect (o sciao) is at the origin of the well known italian Ciao.

Answer 3

It's from the Latin 'servus' - a slave or servant - and presumably originated from something like 'your humle servant.'

Answer 4

Yep, it comes from Latin meaning 'I'm your servant'. They use it in South Germany too where I heard it in Munich. They also use 'ciao' a lot but they say it's only because they live near Italy...