Where does “slaveholding” come from?
I need to work through this carefully, as the chain provided seems problematic for the word "slaveholding."
The chain shows: English holding | English hold | English hole | Latin Sclavus | Old English hol | Proto-Indo-European kel- | Latin oleum | Ancient Greek ἔλαιον
This chain doesn't make etymological sense for "slaveholding." The elements don't connect logically:
- "slaveholding" should derive from "slave" + "holding"
- "slave" comes from Latin "Sclavus" (referring to Slavic peoples)
- "holding" comes from "hold"
- But the chain then traces "hole" back through Old English "hol" and PIE "kel-"
- Then it inexplicably includes "Latin oleum" and Greek "ἔλαιον" (oil)
The chain appears corru
slaveholding (English): Having possession/ownership of one or more...
Definitions
- Having possession/ownership of one or more...
Ancestry of “slaveholding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | slave | A person who is held in servitude as the property... |
| 2 | Middle English | sclave | — |
| 3 | French | esclave | slave |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | sclavus | Slav, slave; slave |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σκλάβος | Slav |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σκλαβηνός | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | slověninъ | Slav |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | slovo | word |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ślawas | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱléwos | fame |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
Words derived from “slaveholding”