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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

Definitions

  1. sloping upwards

Ancestry of “upsloping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishupAway from the surface of the Earth or other...
2Middle Englishup—
3Old Englishuppup; upstairs
4Proto-West Germanic*upp—
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