Where does “friendless” come from?

Friendless derives from Old English frēondlēas, a compound of frēond (friend) and lēas (lacking), literally meaning without a friend.

friendless (English): Without friends

Definitions

  1. Without friends

Ancestry of “friendless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfrendlesFriendless; lacking friends; Having no family;...
2Old Englishfrēondlēasfriendless

Words derived from “friendless”

Every word from Old English frēondlēas →Every word from Middle English frendles →