Where does “sloptimism” come from?
sloptimism (English) comes from English optimism, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
sloptimism (English): Naive, unfounded, or overzealous optimism
Definitions
- Naive, unfounded, or overzealous optimism
Ancestry of “sloptimism”, step by step
sloptimism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English optimism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | optimism | a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a... |
| 2 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 3 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 4 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 5 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 6 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 7 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 8 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via English slop
| 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 |