Etymology

sluff

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Today it means: An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris. Full definition →

Middle English slough
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromslough“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”
  2. English todaysluff

From Middle English slough (“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”), akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough”) (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose”)).

Words from the same roots

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