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==Etymology== The French word ''concierge'' is likely derived from the [[Old French]] ''cumcerges'', itself related to the [[Medieval Latin]] ''consergius''<ref>{{Citation |title=Concierge |quote=French concierge, in Old French cumcerges, concerge, -ciarge, -sirge, -sierge, -cherge, whence medieval Latin consergius (in text of 1106): derivation unknown. |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/38237 |work=[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED Online]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=December 2013 |access-date=2014-03-07}}</ref> or the [[Latin]] ''conservus'' ("fellow slave").<ref>{{Citation|title=Concierge|quote=French, from Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin *conservius, alteration of Latin conservus fellow slave, from com- + servus slave |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concierge |work=Merriam-Webster.com |access-date=2014-03-07}}</ref> Another possibility, suggested by French authors as early as the 19th century, is that "concierge" is a [[contraction (grammar)|contraction]] of ''comte des cierges'' ("count of candles"), a servant responsible for maintaining the lighting and cleanliness of [[Middle Ages|medieval]] palaces.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Les anciens prisons de Paris |language=fr |journal=Le Cabinet de Lecture et le Cercle Réunis: Gazette des Familles |volume= 12 |issue=1 |date=5 January 1841 |page=459 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u9sWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA459 |quote=''Il y avait, comme on sait, outre le comte des Cierges un comte des Etables; par contraction on a fait de ces deux titres ceux de connétable et de concierge.'' (There was, as we know, in addition to the count of Candles a count of Stables; by contraction of these two titles was made those of constable and concierge.)}}</ref>
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