English
flop sweat
From flop + sweat.
Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- ‘to sweat’
Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- ‘to sweat’
Proto-Germanic *swait-
Old English swāt
Middle English swete ‘blood’
English sweat
Today it means
noun Sweat due to nervousness, especially fear of failure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flop sweat