afterslip

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noun

A non-violent movement of the ground following an earthquake

OriginEnglish slip ← Middle English slippen ← Middle Low German slippender.? →
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Meanings

nounafterslip (plural afterslips)

plural afterslips

  1. A non-violent movement of the ground following an earthquake

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*after
  5. Old Englishæfter
  6. Middle Englishafter
  7. Englishafter
  8. Old Englishæfter
  9. Old Englishæfter-
  10. Middle Englishafter-
  11. Englishafter-
  12. Proto-West Germanic*slippjan
  13. Old Saxon*slippian
  14. Middle Low Germanslippender.?
  15. Middle Englishslippen
  16. Englishslip
  17. Englishafterslip

From after- + slip.

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APA

afterslip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterslip

MLA

“afterslip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterslip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterslip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterslip.

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