Etymograph

English

slimness

From slim + -ness.

A compound of slim + -ness

Proto-Germanic *slimbaz ‘oblique, crooked’

Proto-West Germanic *slimb

Old Dutch *slimb

Middle Dutch slim ‘bad, crooked’

Dutch slim ‘bad, sly, clever’

English slim

Today it means

noun The property of being slim.

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

Etymograph / slimness