Where does “sloppery” come from?
sloppery (English) comes from English sloppy, from English slop, from English ecilop, from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
sloppery (English): Slippery and messy; In a messy and poorly done...
Definitions
- Slippery and messy; In a messy and poorly done...
Ancestry of “sloppery”, step by step
sloppery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sloppy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sloppy | Very wet; covered in or composed of slop; Messy;... |
| 2 | English | slop | A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall; A... |
| 3 | English | ecilop | police |
| 4 | English | police | A civil force granted the legal authority for law... |
| 5 | Middle French | police | governance; management |
| 6 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English slippery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slippery | Of a surface, having low friction, often due to... |
| 2 | Middle English | slipperie | — |
| 3 | Middle English | slipper | — |
| 4 | Old English | slipor | slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *slipr | slippery |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slipraz | smooth; slippery |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leyb- | slimy |