C19 (earlier, in the sense: cellar): from Arabic: cellar, from Persian sardāb ice cellar, from sard cold + āb water
serdab in American English
(sərˈdɑːb)
noun
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased
Word origin
[1835–45; ‹ Ar sirdāb underground chamber ‹ Pers sardāb cellar for ice, equiv. to sard cold + āb water]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, communism, crosshead, cutaway, squeegee