Where does “slender” come from?
Slender comes from Middle English slendre, from Old French esclendre, from Old Dutch slinder, from Proto-Germanic slindraz, from Proto-Indo-European sleydʰ-.
slender (English): Thin; slim; meagre; deficient; Palatalized
Definitions
- Thin; slim; meagre; deficient; Palatalized
Ancestry of “slender”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | slendre | — |
| 2 | Old French | esclendre | thin, slender |
| 3 | Old Dutch | slinder | thin, lank |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slindraz | sliding, slippery |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sleydʰ- | to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick |
Words derived from “slender”