Where does “upsloping” come from?
upsloping (English) comes from English up, from Middle English up, from Old English upp, from Proto-West Germanic *upp.
upsloping (English): sloping upwards
Ancestry of “upsloping”, step by step
upsloping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English up
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | up | Away from the surface of the Earth or other... |
| 2 | Middle English | up | to a vertical axis |
| 3 | Old English | upp | up; upstairs |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *upp | — |
via English sloping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | sloping | Having a slope; present participle of slope; An... |
| 2 | English | slope | An area of ground that tends evenly upward or... |
| 3 | English | aslope | Slanted or sloping; In an unintended or... |
| 4 | Middle English | aslope | — |