Where does “coughless” come from?
coughless (English) comes from English cough, from Middle English coughen, from Old English cohhian, from Proto-Germanic kuh- — to cough.
coughless (English): Without a cough
Ancestry of “coughless”, step by step
coughless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cough
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | cough | To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy... |
| 2 | Middle English | coughen | to cough |
| 3 | Old English | cohhian | to cough |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kuh- | to cough |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
Words derived from “coughless”