Where does “boneless” come from?

Boneless derives from Middle English bonles, from Old English bānlēas meaning "without bones," formed from Proto-Germanic bainalausaz.

boneless (English): Without bones, especially as pertaining to meat...

Definitions

  1. Without bones, especially as pertaining to meat...

Ancestry of “boneless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbonles—
2Old Englishbānlēasboneless
3Proto-Germanicbainalausaz—

Words derived from “boneless”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bainalausaz →Every word from Old English bānlēas →Every word from Middle English bonles →