Where does “slangous” come from?
slangous (English) comes from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz — to grow, nourish.
slangous (English): slangy
Definitions
- slangy
Ancestry of “slangous”, step by step
slangous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English slang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slang | Language outside of conventional usage and in the... |
| 2 | English | sling | To throw with a circular or arcing motion; To... |
| 3 | English | spiderling | An immature spider; Any of various herbaceous... |
| 4 | English | Ling | Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae |
| 5 | Middle English | ling | Any of various varieties of heather or broom |
| 6 | Old Norse | lyng | heather, ling |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lingwą | heather, ling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |