Where does “sleaze” come from?

sleaze (English) comes from English sleazy, from English Silesia, from Late Latin Silesia.

sleaze (English): Low moral standards; A person of low moral...

Definitions

  1. Low moral standards; A person of low moral...

Ancestry of “sleaze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsleazyMarked by low quality; inferior; inadequate;...
2EnglishSilesiaSilesian textile made of flax or cotton
3Late LatinSilesia—

Words derived from “sleaze”

Every word from Late Latin Silesia →