En campo de oro un hombre negro con lanza y a su diestra un creciente de sable, ranversado.
Schiavo es una palabra italiana que se pronuncia /skiávo/ y significa 'esclavo', pero también significa 'eslavo', originario del Este de Europa.
Algunos lingüistas plantean la palabra SCHIAVO como origen del saludo italiano "CIAO", usado tanto para decir 'hola' como para decir 'adiós'... a partir de la idea de 'su servidor', 'su esclavo', 'a su disposición'... De forma parecida a como hace el portugués para dar las gracias con "OBRIGADO / OBRIGADA" que significa 'quedo obligado con usted'.
SCHIAVO is an Italian surname of two-fold origin. It was a name which was applied to a SLAV, one who had come from a Slavic country; one who laboured for another without pay .
Surnames derived from Slavonic personal names are of early origin, and tend to be borne by aristocratic families. This name is also spelt SCHIAVINO, SCHIAVONE, SCHIAVONI and SCHIAVON. As in the rest of Europe, the turbulent history of Italy in the Middle Ages is reflected in its heraldry. Traces remain from the successive invasions of the Germans, French, Spanish and Austrians.
SCHIAVO is an Italian surname of two-fold origin. It was a name which was applied to a SLAV, one who had come from a Slavic country; one who laboured for another without pay .
Surnames derived from Slavonic personal names are of early origin, and tend to be borne by aristocratic families. This name is also spelt SCHIAVINO, SCHIAVONE, SCHIAVONI and SCHIAVON. As in the rest of Europe, the turbulent history of Italy in the Middle Ages is reflected in its heraldry. Traces remain from the successive invasions of the Germans, French, Spanish and Austrians.
Le mot vient du latin médiéval *sclavus déformation de slavus (le slave), de grec sklabós. Le mot « esclave » serait apparu au Haut Moyen Âge à Venise, où la plupart des esclaves étaient des Slaves des Balkans (une région qui s'est longtemps appelée « Esclavonie » et qui est récemment devenue indépendante, sous le nom de « Slovénie »).Rome prâtiquait l'esclavage.
