Where does “dandruffless” come from?

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

dandruffless (English): Free from dandruff

Definitions

  1. Free from dandruff

Ancestry of “dandruffless”, step by step

dandruffless 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 dandruff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdandruffScaly white dead skin flakes from the human...
Every word from Proto-Germanic *laus