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Where does “eyeless” come from?

Eyeless derives from Middle English eieles, meaning without eyes, from eye plus the suffix -les.

eyeless (English): Having no eyes; Having no sight; blind

Definitions

  1. Having no eyes; Having no sight; blind

Ancestry of “eyeless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englisheyles—

Words derived from “eyeless”

  • eyelessly
  • eyelessness
Every word from Middle English eyles →