Where does “fringeless” come from?

fringeless (English) comes from English fringe, from Middle English frenge, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin frimbia, from Latin fimbriae, from Latin fimbria — fringe, border, edge.

fringeless (English): Without a fringe

Definitions

  1. Without a fringe

Ancestry of “fringeless”, step by step

fringeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fringe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfringeA decorative border; A marginal or peripheral...
2Middle Englishfrengefringe
3Old Frenchfrengefringe
4Vulgar Latinfrimbia—
5Latinfimbriaefibres, threads, shreds, fringe; nominative...
6Latinfimbriafringe, border, edge

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—
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