- slander (n.)
- late 13c., from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration of escandle "scandal," from Latin scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal).
- slander (v.)
- c.1300, from Old French esclandrer, from esclandre (see slander (n.)). Related: Slandered; slandering.