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		thaumasiotes on March 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The connection between modern slavery and ecologic... And hey, the english word "slave" comes from the ethnic group that gave us the Czechs, but I don't think that says much about modern Czechs or modern slaves.

schoen on March 8, 2016 [–]

Amazingly, also cognate with "ciao" (via Italian "schiavo").

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao#Etymology_3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao#Etymology

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