Etymograph

English

slowback

From slow + back.

A compound of slow + back

Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz ‘blunt’

Proto-West Germanic *slaiw

Old English slāw ‘lazy’

Middle English slaw

English slow

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “slowback”. 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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