Where does “slavă” come from?
slavă (Romanian) comes from Romanian slav, from French slave, from Middle French Sclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Ancient Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός, from Proto-Slavic slověninъ, from Proto-Slavic slovo — to cover; to incline.
slavă (Romanian): glory; nominative feminine singular of slav;...
Definitions
- glory; nominative feminine singular of slav;...
Ancestry of “slavă”, step by step
slavă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian slav
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | slav | Slav; Slavic |
| 2 | French | slave | Slav, Slavic; A Slavic language |
| 3 | Middle French | Sclave | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | sclavus | Slav, slave; slave |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σκλάβος | Slav |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σκλαβηνός | Slavic |
| 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 |