Where does “broodless” come from?

broodless (English) comes from English brood, from Middle English brood, from Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

broodless (English): Lacking a brood

Definitions

  1. Lacking a brood

Ancestry of “broodless”, step by step

broodless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English brood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbroodThe young of certain animals, especially a group...
2Middle Englishbroodbroad
3Old Englishbrādbroad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide,...
4Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
5Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

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 “broodless”

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