Where does “comfortless” come from?
Comfortless derives from Old English -lēas, from Old English lēas meaning "without," combined with comfort from Old French confort, ultimately from Latin com meaning "with."
comfortless (English): Deprived of comfort; uncomforted; Offering no...
Definitions
- Deprived of comfort; uncomforted; Offering no...
Ancestry of “comfortless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comfort | Contentment, ease; Something that offers comfort;... |
| 2 | Middle English | confort | — |
| 3 | Old French | confort | — |
| 4 | Old French | conforter | to reassure; to comfort |
| 5 | Latin | confortō | to make stronger, strengthen |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |