Where does “bobbinless” come from?
bobbinless (English) comes from English bobbin, from French bobine, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
bobbinless (English): Without a bobbin
Ancestry of “bobbinless”, step by step
bobbinless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bobbin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | bobbin | A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled;... |
| 2 | French | bobine | bobbin; reel, spool; drum |
| 3 | Latin | balbus | stammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
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 | — |