Today is who trades with the sex work of third parties, but in its Latin origins was any trader, broker or trader. The term was taken from the Greek 960; 961; 959; 958; 949; 957; 951; 964; 951; 962; (proxenetes, "intermediary") which in turn had a specialization as a slaver, since 960; 961; 959; 958; 949; 957; 959; 962; would be: 960; 961; 959; (pro, which guide or carries) 958; 949; 957; 959; 962; (foreign xenos), an irony considering that all slaves were foreigners.
