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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	Schiavo	—
2	Latin	Sclavus	a Slav
3	Byzantine Greek	Σκλάβος	Slav
4	Proto-Slavic	slověninъ	Slav
5	Proto-Slavic	slovo	word
6	Proto-Balto-Slavic	ślawas	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	ḱléwos	fame
8	Proto-Indo-European	ḱlew-	to hear
9	Proto-Indo-European	ḱel-	to cover; to incline

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