The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΕἵλωτες
- Latin · borrowed fromHīlōta
- English todayhelot
From Latin Hīlōta, from Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες (Heílōtes), possibly from ἁλίσκομαι (halískomai, “to be captured, to be made prisoner”) or from Ἕλος (Hélos, “Elos”), a Laconian town.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.