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Where does “slope” come from?
slope (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slōpa, from Proto-Germanic slaupǭ.
Ancestry of “slope”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
slōpa
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2
Proto-Germanic
slaupǭ
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Words derived from “slope”
sloop
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