Where does “dripless” come from?

dripless (English) comes from English drip, from Middle English drippe, from Old Frisian driāpa, from Proto-Germanic dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

dripless (English): Without drips

Definitions

  1. Without drips

Ancestry of “dripless”, step by step

dripless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English drip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdripTo fall one drop at a time; To leak slowly; To...
2Middle Englishdrippe—
3Old Frisiandriāpa—
4Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

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—

Words derived from “dripless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →