slave

amanuensis – Literally “slave at hand”—for a literary assistant, especially one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts. More…

ciao – Also ciau; from Italian, it is an alteration of schiavo, “(I am your) slave.” More…

serve – From Latin servire, “serve,” from servus, “slave.” More…

addict – To addict originally meant “to award as a slave”; an addict now is a slave to his/her habit, from Latin addictus, which, in Roman law, meant “a debtor awarded as a slave to his creditor.” More…

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