Where does “babyless” come from?

babyless (English) comes from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

babyless (English): Without a baby

Definitions

  1. Without a baby

Ancestry of “babyless”, step by step

babyless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English baby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbabyA very young human, particularly from birth to a...
2Middle EnglishbabyA child or baby
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

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

Words derived from “babyless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Old English -iġEvery word from Middle English -y