Words that come from Middle English “-les”
117 words across 8 languages descend from Middle English -les — including doubtless, ruthless, fruitless, lawless, childless, blameless, ruthlessly, shapeless.
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English (64)
- doubtless
- ruthless
- fruitless
- lawless
- childless
- blameless
- ruthlessly
- shapeless
- lawlessness
- groundless
- matchless
- bottomless
- peerless
- ruthlessness
- loveless
- graceless
- brainless
- fruitlessly
- childlessness
- groundlessness
- moneyless
- blamelessness
- blamelessly
- fruitlessness
- shapelessness
- lovelessness
- lawlessly
- grassless
- gracelessly
- groundlessly
- kingless
- breadless
- shapelessly
- gracelessness
- dreadless
- matchlessly
- harbourless
- peerlessly
- brainlessness
- bottomlessness
- brainlessly
- virtueless
- lovelessly
- aweless
- clothless
- bottomlessly
- matchlessness
- peerlessness
- makeless
- doubtlessness
- dreadlessly
- childlessly
- awelessness
- -less
- dreadlessness
- breadlessness
- awelessly
- clothlessness
- grasslessness
- harbourlessness
- kinglessness
- moneylessness
- nonblameless
- virtuelessness