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Where does “chargerless” come from?

chargerless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.

chargerless (English): Without a battery charger

Definitions

  1. Without a battery charger

Ancestry of “chargerless”, step by step

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—
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