Word Study
slavonic
CIDE DICTIONARY
slavonic, a.
- Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
slavonic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or relating to the group of Indo-European languages including Russian, Polish, and Czech.
2 of or relating to the Slavs.
--n. the Slavonic language-group.
--adj.
1 of or relating to the group of Indo-European languages including Russian, Polish, and Czech.
2 of or relating to the Slavs.
--n. the Slavonic language-group.
Idiom
Old Church Slavonic the earliest written Slavonic language, surviving as a liturgical language in the Orthodox Church.
Etymology
med.L S(c)lavonicus f. S(c)lavonia country of Slavs f. Sclavus SLAV
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