slaver

slaver · verb, noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromslafra“to slaver”
2. Middle English · inherited fromslaveren
3. English todayslaver

From Middle English slaveren, from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”), probably imitative. Doublet of slabber.

slaver · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlewH-der.?
2. Proto-Slavic*slov-
3. Proto-Slavic*Slov-?
4. Proto-Slavic*slověninъ
5. Ancient GreekΣκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)
6. Medieval GreekΣκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)
7. Late LatinSclavus
8. Medieval Latinsclavus
9. Old Frenchesclave
10. Middle Englishsclave
11. Englishslave
12. English todayslaver

From slave (“enslave, traffic in slaves”) + -er.

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