Etymology of the English word slave
the English word
slavederived from the Old French word
slavederived from the Medieval Latin word
Sclavusderived from the Old French word
esclavederived from the Latin word
sclavusderived from the Medieval Latin word
SclavusDate
The earliest known usage of slave in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
slavey,
bondslave,
enslave,
slaveholder,
slaveling,
slaver,
slavery,
slavish,
slavocracy,
slaved,
slavingCognates
Dutch
slaaf, French
esclave, German
Sklave, Italian
schiavo, Norwegian
slave, Portuguese
escravo, Spanish
esclavo, Swedish
slavUsage
Word found in Modern English
