Where does “feilloos” come from?
feilloos (Dutch) comes from Dutch loos, from Middle Dutch loos, from Old Dutch lōs, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.
feilloos (Dutch): flawless, without errors
Definitions
- flawless, without errors
Ancestry of “feilloos”, step by step
feilloos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch loos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | loos | blank, empty; idle; amiss, wrong, problematic |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | loos | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | lōs | deceitful, malicious, false |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *luhs | lynx |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | luhsaz | lynx |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via Dutch feil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | feil | error; shortage, lack |
| 2 | Middle French | faille | — |
| 3 | Old French | faille | failure |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | fallita | shortcoming |
| 5 | Latin | falsus | deceived, tricked, cheated, disappointed, having... |
| 6 | Latin | fallō | to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwel- | to bend; to lie, deceive |