Where does “Slavonic” come from?

Slavonic comes from Medieval Latin Slavonicus, from Latin Sclavonia, from Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός.

Slavonic (English): Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak...

Definitions

  1. Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak...

Ancestry of “Slavonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinSlavonicus
2LatinSclavoniaSlavonia
3LatinSclavusa Slav
4Byzantine GreekΣκλάβοςSlav
5Proto-SlavicslověninъSlav
6Proto-Slavicslovoword
7Proto-Balto-Slavicślawas
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱléwosfame
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “Slavonic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱléwos