Etymology

nonslip

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Today it means: Having a surface designed to prevent or reduce slipping; not able to slip or be slipped upon. Full definition →

English slip ← Middle English slippen ← Middle Low German slippender.?
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-West Germanic*slippjan
  3. Old Saxon*slippian
  4. Middle Low Germanslippender.?
  5. Middle Englishslippen
  6. Englishslip
  7. English todaynonslip

From non- + slip.

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