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Sclavus
Medieval Latin · medieval
"a Slavic person"
a Slav, since Slavic peoples were widely captured and enslaved in medieval Europe
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esclave
Old French · medieval
"a person held in bondage"
carried into French for a person held in bondage
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slave
English · 1200s
"a person owned by and forced to work for another"
settled as the English word for a person owned and forced to work by another
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