Where does “sloppiness” come from?
Sloppiness comes from English sloppy, which derives from English slop, tracing back through Old English esclop to Latin -ia and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
sloppiness (English): The property of being sloppy; The result or...
Definitions
- The property of being sloppy; The result or...
Ancestry of “sloppiness”, step by step
| 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 |