Where does “slot” come from?

Slot comes from Middle Dutch slot, from Old Dutch slot, from Proto-Germanic slutą, meaning a bar or bolt used to fasten or close something.

slot (English): A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as...

Definitions

  1. A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as...

Ancestry of “slot”, step by step

slot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English slot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishslot—
2Old Frenchesclot—
3Old Norseslóðtrail, track
4Proto-Germanicslōdō—

via Middle Dutch sluten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchslutento close, to shut; to close off; to lock up
2Old Dutchslūtanto close, shut
3Proto-Germanicslūtaną—

Words derived from “slot”

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