Where does “crunchless” come from?

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

crunchless (English): Of food, lacking crunch or crispiness; soft

Definitions

  1. Of food, lacking crunch or crispiness; soft

Ancestry of “crunchless”, step by step

crunchless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English crunch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrunchTo crush something, especially food, with a noisy...
2EnglishcraunchTo crush with the teeth; to chew with violence...
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lausEvery word from Old English lēasEvery word from Middle English les