Where does “slows” come from?
slows (French) comes from French slow, from English slow, from Middle English slow, from Old English slāw, from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic slaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lew- — to sludge, to wash; loose, limp, flabby; limp,...
slows (French): plural of slow
Ancestry of “slows”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | slow | slow waltz |
| 2 | English | slow | Taking a long time to move or go a short... |
| 3 | Middle English | slow | — |
| 4 | Old English | slāw | sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *slaiw | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slaiwaz | blunt; dull; exhausted; weary; faint; weak;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lew- | to sludge, to wash; loose, limp, flabby; limp,... |