Where does “beachless” come from?
beachless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
beachless (English): Without a beach or beaches
Definitions
- Without a beach or beaches
Ancestry of “beachless”, step by step
beachless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
via English beach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | beach | The shore of a body of water, especially when... |
| 2 | Middle English | bache | bank, sandbank |
| 3 | Old English | bæċ | — |
Words derived from “beachless”