Where does “designlessly” come from?
designlessly (English) comes from English designless, from English design, from Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin dēsignō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
designlessly (English): Without design or intention; inadvertently
Definitions
- Without design or intention; inadvertently
Ancestry of “designlessly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | designless | Without design |
| 2 | English | design | A specification of an object or process,... |
| 3 | Middle English | designen | — |
| 4 | Old French | designer | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēsignō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |