Where does “slider” come from?
Slider comes from English slide with the agent suffix -er, tracing through Old French -er, Latin -āre (infinitive marker), Latin -ārius (one who performs an action), Latin -us (nominative masculine singular), and Proto-Italic -os (nominal suffix).
slider (English): one who slides; A sliding door; A pitch thrown...
Definitions
- one who slides; A sliding door; A pitch thrown...
Ancestry of “slider”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | slide | To move in continuous contact with a surface; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | sliden | To slide; to propel oneself along a surface; To... |
| 3 | Old English | slīdan | to slide |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slīdaną | to slide, to slip |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sléydʰ-e-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sleydʰ- | to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick |