Etymograph

English

slavemonger

From slave + monger.

Formed from slave + monger

Middle English sclave

English slave

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

English monger

Today it means

noun A person who deals in slaves; a slaver, slavetrader.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “slavemonger”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / slavemonger