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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

  1. The property of being sloppy; The result or...

Ancestry of “sloppiness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsloppyVery wet; covered in or composed of slop; Messy;...
2EnglishslopA loose outer garment; a jacket or overall; A...
3Englisheciloppolice
4EnglishpoliceA civil force granted the legal authority for law...
5Middle Frenchpolicegovernance; management
6Latinpolītīa—
7Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
8Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
9Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
10Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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