Where does “principløs” come from?

principløs (Danish) comes from Danish princip, from French principe, from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

principløs (Danish): unprincipled, lacking principles

Definitions

  1. unprincipled, lacking principles

Ancestry of “principløs”, step by step

principløs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish princip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishprincipprinciple
2Frenchprincipeprinciple; beginning; start; commencement;...
3Old Frenchprincipe
4Latinprīncipiuma beginning, an origin, a commencement
5Latinprīncepsfirst, foremost
6Latinprimoceps
7Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Danish løs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishløsloose, not tight
2Danishlosseto unload, discharge cargo
3Dutchlossento unload; to dump
4Dutch-enForms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem...
5Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
6Old Dutch-en
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō
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