Etymology

slippage

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Today it means: The act of slipping, especially from a secure location. Full definition →

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

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

From slip + -age.

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