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Where does “slandersome” come from?

slandersome (English) comes from English some, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

slandersome (English): Characterised or marked by slander

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by slander

Ancestry of “slandersome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sum—
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome , a certain; some, certain
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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