Hyphenation
slave trad·erTurkish pronunciation
sleyv treydırPronunciation
/ˈslāv ˈtrādər/ /ˈsleɪv ˈtreɪdɜr/
Etymology
[ 'slAv ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English sclave, from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic; from the frequent enslavement of Slavs in central Europe.