Where does “fecklessly” come from?
fecklessly (English) comes from English feckless, from Scots feckless, from Scots -less, from Middle English -les, from Turkish -le, from Turkish ile, from Ottoman Turkish ایله, from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَه — with, together, also.
fecklessly (English): In a feckless manner
Definitions
- In a feckless manner
Ancestry of “fecklessly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feckless | Lacking purpose; Without skill, ineffective,... |
| 2 | Scots | feckless | ineffective |
| 3 | Scots | -less | lacking; without. Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun |
| 4 | Middle English | -les | Lacking (something); without (something) |
| 5 | Turkish | -le | with, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form... |
| 6 | Turkish | ile | with; and |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | ایله | by |
| 8 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اِیلَه | — |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | bile | with, together, also |