Etymology

slaw

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Dutch sla
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The story

  1. Dutch · borrowed fromsla
  2. English todayslaw

Borrowed (around 1861) from Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”).

Words from the same roots

Dutchsla all →

slaugh

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.