Where does “droughtless” come from?
droughtless (English) comes from English drought, from Middle English droughte, from Old English drūgaþ, from Old English drȳġe, from Proto-West Germanic *drūgi, from Proto-Germanic drūgiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰerǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.
droughtless (English): Without drought
Definitions
- Without drought
Ancestry of “droughtless”, step by step
droughtless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English drought
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drought | A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and... |
| 2 | Middle English | droughte | Drought; an absence of rain |
| 3 | Old English | drūgaþ | dryness, drought |
| 4 | Old English | drȳġe | dry; dry; parched, withered |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *drūgi | dry |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | drūgiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |