Where does “slips” come from?

Slips comes from Old English slǣpan meaning to slip or slide, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European slap-.

slips (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “slips”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslipA thin, slippery mix of clay and water; Mud,...
2Middle Dutchslippe
Every word from Middle Dutch slippe