Antedating of "Slavic"

[Fred Shapiro]

Slavic (OED 1812)

1778 Alberto Fortis _Travels Into Dalmatia_ 366 (Eighteenth Century
Collections Online)  Almost all the other places, throughout the vast
empire of Russia, have Slavic names, corresponding, sometimes more,
sometimes less, with the Illyric, Albanese, Servian, Polish dialects, &c.

Fred Shapiro


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