Etymograph

English

slitwidth

From slit + width.

A compound of slit + width

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- ‘to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart’

Proto-Germanic *slītaną ‘to tear apart’

Old English slītan ‘to tear, rend’

Middle English slitten

English slit

English wyde

English width

Today it means

noun The width of a slit.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “slitwidth”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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