Where does “aimlessly” come from?
Aimlessly derives from English aimless, formed from English aim plus Old English -līċ meaning "like," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to" and "together."
aimlessly (English): Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an...
Definitions
- Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an...
Ancestry of “aimlessly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aimless | Without aim, purpose, or direction |
| 2 | English | -less | (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun |
| 3 | Middle English | -les | Lacking (something); without (something) |
| 4 | Turkish | -le | with, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form... |
| 5 | Turkish | ile | with; and |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایله | by |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اِیلَه | — |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | bile | with, together, also |