Where does “sloop” come from?
Sloop comes from Dutch sloep, from Middle French chaloppe, from Old French eschalope, from Old French eschale meaning "rung of a ladder," from Latin scala, from Latin scadla, from Latin scandere meaning "to climb," from Proto-Indo-European skend-.
sloop (English): A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail;...
Definitions
- A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail;...
Ancestry of “sloop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | sloep | A small boat, with oars and historically often... |
| 2 | Middle French | chaloupe | — |
| 3 | Old French | escalope | shell |
| 4 | Old French | escale | shell |
| 5 | Old High German | skala | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skalō | shell; lump, ball |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
Words derived from “sloop”