Sclavonian
/skləˈvoʊniən/noun
An archaic or historical term relating to the Slavs or the Slavic world.
Did you know?In medieval Latin and early modern English, forms like *Sclavonian* reflected a learned spelling tradition tied to Latin *Sclavus*, a word that also fed the later English word *slave* through a grim historical association.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Slavic
PSl
Slověninъ
“a Slav; a member of the Slavic peoples”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Sclavus
“a Slav; later also a slave in some medieval usage”
Old French
OF
Esclavon
“a Slav; Slavic”
Middle English
English
Sclavonie / Sclavonian
“relating to the Slavs or Slavic lands”
Modern English
English
Sclavonian
“archaic: Slavic; pertaining to the Slavs”