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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
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