Where does “fraudlessly” come from?

fraudlessly (English) comes from English fraudless, from English fraud, from Middle English fraude, from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrewgʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.

fraudlessly (English): Without the use of fraud

Definitions

  1. Without the use of fraud

Ancestry of “fraudlessly”, step by step

fraudlessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fraudless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfraudlessFree from fraud
2EnglishfraudThe crime of stealing or otherwise illegally...
3Middle EnglishfraudeDeceptiveness, fraudulence; a tendency to be...
4Old Frenchfraudedeception, fraud
5LatinfrausA cheating, deceit, guile, fraud; A delusion,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer-