Etymology

overslop

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Today it means: An outer garment or slop. Full definition →

Middle English oversloppe ← Old English oferslop
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  1. Old English · inherited fromoferslop
  2. Middle English · inherited fromoversloppe
  3. English todayoverslop

From Middle English oversloppe, Old English oferslop, oferslype (“an overgarment; surplice”), equivalent to over- + slop. Cognate with Icelandic yfirsloppur (“overalls”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.