Where does “unsloppy” come from?
unsloppy (English) comes from English sloppy, from English slop, from English ecilop, from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
unsloppy (English): Not sloppy
Definitions
- Not sloppy
Ancestry of “unsloppy”, step by step
unsloppy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sloppy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sloppy | Very wet; covered in or composed of slop; Messy;... |
| 2 | English | slop | A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall; A... |
| 3 | English | ecilop | police |
| 4 | English | police | A civil force granted the legal authority for law... |
| 5 | Middle French | police | governance; management |
| 6 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |