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
- 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
| 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 | — |
via English crunch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | crunch | To crush something, especially food, with a noisy... |
| 2 | English | craunch | To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence... |