esclavo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“a Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos) (or borrowed from the Greek directly), itself probably from earlier Σλαβῆνος (Slabênos), from plural Σλαβῆνοι (Slabênoi), from Proto-Slavic *slověne. Doublet of eslavo.

Noun

esclavo m (plural esclavos, feminine esclava, feminine plural esclavas)

slave

Related terms

esclavitud

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