Where does “slip” come from?

slip (Italian) comes from French slip, from English slip, from Middle Dutch slippe.

slip (Italian): Men's or women's underwear; swimming trunks

Definitions

  1. Men's or women's underwear; swimming trunks

Ancestry of “slip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchslipbriefs
2EnglishslipA thin, slippery mix of clay and water; Mud,...
3Middle Dutchslippe—
Every word from Middle Dutch slippe →
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