Etymograph

English

slideproof

From slide + -proof.

Formed from slide + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip, slide’

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Proto-Germanic *slīdaną ‘to slide, to slip’

Proto-West Germanic *slīdan ‘to slide, to slip’

Old English slīdan ‘to slide’

Middle English sliden ‘to slide then fall’

English slide

Today it means

adj Resistant to sliding or skidding.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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