Where does “childhoodless” come from?
childhoodless (English) comes from English childhood, from Middle English childhode, from Old English ċildhād, from Old English hād, from Proto-West Germanic *haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
childhoodless (English): Without a childhood
Ancestry of “childhoodless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | childhood | The state of being a child; The time during which... |
| 2 | Middle English | childhode | The time during which one is a child; childhood;... |
| 3 | Old English | ċildhād | childhood |
| 4 | Old English | hād | person, individual, character, individuality;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *haidu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |