Where does “armyless” come from?

armyless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.

armyless (English): Without an army

Definitions

  1. Without an army

Ancestry of “armyless”, step by step

armyless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus

via English Army

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishArmyA sports team representing the US Military Academy at West Point
2Middle Englisharmeearmy
3Anglo-Normanarmee
Every word from Proto-Germanic *laus
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