Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “slope” come from?

slope (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slōpa, from Proto-Germanic slaupǭ.

Ancestry of “slope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslōpa—
2Proto-Germanicslaupǭ—

Words derived from “slope”

  • sloop
Every word from Proto-Germanic slaupǭ →