Where does “sloptimistic” come from?
sloptimistic (English) comes from English optimistic, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
sloptimistic (English): Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to sloptimism
Definitions
- Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to sloptimism
Ancestry of “sloptimistic”, step by step
sloptimistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English optimistic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | optimistic | Expecting the best in all possible ways; Allowing... |
| 2 | English | Optimist | A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to... |
| 3 | French | optimiste | optimist; optimistic |
| 4 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 5 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 6 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 7 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 8 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 9 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 10 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 15 | 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 |