Where does “Schiavo” come from?

Schiavo comes from Italian schiavo, from Late Latin sclavus, from Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός.

Ancestry of “Schiavo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianSchiavoenslaved
2LatinSclavusa Slav
3Byzantine GreekΣκλάβοςSlav
4Proto-SlavicslověninъSlav
5Proto-Slavicslovoword
6Proto-Balto-Slavicślawas
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱléwosfame
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
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