Where does “panslavista” come from?
panslavista (Italian) comes from Italian slavista, from Italian slavo, from Medieval Latin Slavus, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Ancient Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός, from Proto-Slavic slověninъ, from Proto-Slavic slovo — to cover; to incline.
panslavista (Italian): Pan-Slavist
Ancestry of “panslavista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | slavista | Slavist, Slavicist |
| 2 | Italian | slavo | Slavonic, Slavic; Slav, Slavonic, Slavic |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | Slavus | — |
| 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 |