Where does “fezless” come from?
fezless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
fezless (English): not wearing a fez
Ancestry of “fezless”, step by step
fezless 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 fez
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | fez | A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone,... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | فس | fez, tarboosh |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | فاس | axe, hatchet, a tool for felling trees or chopping wood |
| 4 | Arabic | فَاس | Fez, Morocco; fez |