Etymology · Medieval Latin
sclavus
4 English words descend from Medieval Latin sclavus, most common first.
- slaveA person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
- ciaoHello, hi.
- SlavA member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
- SlaviThe Russian Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated from January 6 through 13 in outstate Alaska, USA, wherever there is a sizable Russian Orthodox population.