- slope (n.)
- 1610s, from slope (v.). Derogatory slang meaning "Oriental person" is attested from 1948.
- slope (v.)
- 1590s, from earlier adjective meaning "slanting" (c.1500), probably from Middle English aslope (adv.) "on the incline" (late 15c.), from Old English *aslopen, past participle of aslupan "to slip away," from a- "away" + slupan "to slip" (see sleeve).