Where does “slippage” come from?
Slippage derives from English slip plus the Middle Dutch suffix slippe, ultimately tracing through Old French -age, Latin -aticum, -aticus, and -icus to Proto-Indo-European -kos and -eh₂tos.
slippage (English): The act of slipping, especially from a secure...
Definitions
- The act of slipping, especially from a secure...
Ancestry of “slippage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -age | forming nouns with the sense of collection or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 3 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -āticum | — |
Words derived from “slippage”