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Slav

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Slav XIV (Sclave). In earliest use — medL. Sclavus, corr. to medGr. Sklábos; later, after medL. Slavus, F., G. Slave.
So Slavonian XVI, Slavonic XVII. f. medL. S(c)lavōnia.

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