Where does “eyebrowless” come from?
eyebrowless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
eyebrowless (English): Without eyebrows
Ancestry of “eyebrowless”, step by step
eyebrowless 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 eyebrow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | eyebrow | The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the... |
| 2 | Middle English | eȝebreu | — |
| 3 | Old English | ēaganbrū | eyebrow |
Words derived from “eyebrowless”