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

  1. The act of slipping, especially from a secure...

Ancestry of “slippage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ageforming nouns with the sense of collection or...
2Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “slippage”

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