Where does “sloppy” come from?
Sloppy derives from English slop, which comes from English esclop, tracing back through English police, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and ultimately Ancient Greek πόλις.
sloppy (English): Very wet; covered in or composed of slop; Messy;...
Definitions
- Very wet; covered in or composed of slop; Messy;...
Ancestry of “sloppy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slop | A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall; A... |
| 2 | English | ecilop | police |
| 3 | English | police | A civil force granted the legal authority for law... |
| 4 | Middle French | police | governance; management |
| 5 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |