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Slav

The origin and history of Slav.

Etymology

Traced back through Medieval Latin Sclavus and Byzantine Greek Sklábos to a Slavic root — the same root that, unfortunately, also gave English the word "slave," since captured Slavs were widely enslaved in medieval Europe.

Origin: Medieval Latin

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