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Home        Find A Job       Directory       Health Tips          Home Invites Members Groups Events Careers Videos News Photos Blogs Polls Chat Home > Blogs > Post Content WHERE DID THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD 'SLAVE' REALLY COME FROM??? (INTERESTING INFO) (40546 hits) "ORIGIN OF THE WORD 'SLAVE'" [Middle English sclave, from Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclvus, from Sclvus, Slav (from the widespread enslavement of captured Slavs in the early Middle Ages); see Slav.] Word History: The derivation of the word slave encapsulates a bit of European history and explains why the two words slaves and Slavs are so similar; they are, in fact, historically identical. The word slave first appears in English around 1290, spelled sclave. The spelling is based on Old French esclave from Medieval Latin sclavus, "Slav, slave," first recorded around 800. Sclavus comes from Byzantine Greek sklabos (pronounced sklävs) "Slav," which appears around 580. Sklavos approximates the Slavs' own name for themselves, the Slovnci, surviving in English Slovene and Slovenian. The spelling of English slave, closer to its original Slavic form, first appears in English in 1538. Slavs became slaves around the beginning of the ninth century when the Holy Roman Empire tried to stabilize a German-Slav frontier. By the 12th century stabilization had given way to wars of expansion and extermination that did not end until the Poles crushed the Teutonic Knights at Grunwald in 1410. · As far as the Slavs' own self-designation goes, its meaning is, understandably, better than "slave"; it comes from the Indo-European root *kleu-, whose basic meaning is "to hear" and occurs in many derivatives meaning "renown, fame." The Slavs are thus "the famous people." Slavic names ending in -slav incorporate the same word, such as Czech Bohu-slav, "God's fame," Russian Msti-slav, "vengeful fame," and Polish Stani-slaw, "famous for withstanding (enemies)."The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Posted By: Siebra Muhammad Monday, October 31st 2011 at 12:22PM You can also click here to view all posts by this author... Report obscenity | post comment Share | Please Login To Post Comments... Email: Password:   More From This Author FUNDRAISER FOR WOMENHEART, THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN WHEN SOMEONE SAYS "I AM PRO-LIFE"? NOTICE TO ALL SITE MEMBERS RE: TRUMP HAVING A STROKE SUPPORTERS PACK CATHOLIC CHURCH TO HEAR FARRAKHAN SPEAK ON FACEBOOK BAN JUDGE JUDY DELIVERS VERDICT ON DONALD TRUMP (HER REACTION MAY SURPRISE YOU) STEPHON CLARK IS A 22 YR. OLD MUSLIM, HIS BODY WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THE MOSQUE COULDN'T DO THE RITUAL WASHING VIRGINIA CHURCH HANGS MANNEQUIN FROM A TREE SIXTH GRADER WRITES WILL "JUST IN CASE" THERE'S A SHOOTING AT HIS SCHOOL Forward This Blog Entry! Blogs Home Featured Opportunities! Who's Online >> more | invite  Home | Careers | Your Sites | Browse Communities | Business Users | Links | Help | Terms | Privacy Policy | About Us | Advertise | Contact Us Created By Dante Lee and Powered By ConnectPlatform.com Copyright © 2013