Where does “slop shop” come from?

slop shop (English) comes from English slop, from English ecilop, from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

slop shop (English): A shop where slops are sold

Definitions

  1. A shop where slops are sold

Ancestry of “slop shop”, step by step

slop shop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English slop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslopA loose outer garment; a jacket or overall; A...
2Englisheciloppolice
3EnglishpoliceA civil force granted the legal authority for law...
4Middle Frenchpolicegovernance; management
5Latinpolītīastate, government, administration
6Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via English shop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
2Middle Englishshoppe
3Old Englishsċeoppa
4Proto-Germanicskupp-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της