Where does “familyless” come from?

familyless (English) comes from English family, from Middle English famylye, from Latin familia, from Latin famulus, from Proto-Italic famelos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

familyless (English): Without a family

Definitions

  1. Without a family

Ancestry of “familyless”, step by step

familyless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English family

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfamilyA group of people who are closely related to one...
2Middle Englishfamylyefamily
3Latinfamiliafamily; household; A quantity of land adequate...
4Latinfamulusserving, servile; a servant, slave
5Proto-Italicfamelosservile, domestic
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

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 “familyless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-Every word from Proto-Italic famelos
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