Where does “slanderous” come from?
Slanderous derives from Old French esclandre, from Latin scandalum meaning a stumbling block or cause of offense, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skand-.
slanderous (English): Both untrue and harmful to a reputation
Definitions
- Both untrue and harmful to a reputation
Ancestry of “slanderous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ous | Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ous | — |
| 3 | Old French | -us | -ous, used for forming adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | -ōsus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | -ōssus | — |
Words derived from “slanderous”