The story
- Old English · inherited fromforslāwian
- Middle English · inherited fromforslowen
- English todayforslow
From Middle English forslowen, forslewen (“to neglect”), from Old English forslāwian, forslǣwan (“to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off”), equivalent to for- + slow.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.