Word origin
[1880–85; ‹ G
Slowene ‹ Slovene
Slovệnec (n.),
slovệnski (adj.), ult. deriv. of Common Slavic *
slověninŭ slav]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, impressionism, jackpot, quotation mark, regionalism