Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slavelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
slave-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a slave.

adj

Resembling conditions of slavery

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English slavelike From slave + -like.

Inflected Forms

more slavelike (comparative) most slavelike (superlative)

Questions

What does slavelike mean?
Resembling a slave.
Where does slavelike come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English slavelike From slave + -like.

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