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Where does “garlicless” come from?

garlicless (English) comes from English garlic, from Middle English garlek, from Old English gārlēac, from Old English lēac, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

garlicless (English): Without garlic

Definitions

  1. Without garlic

Ancestry of “garlicless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgarlicA plant, "Allium sativum", related to the onion,...
2Middle Englishgarlekgarlic
3Old Englishgārlēacgarlic
4Old Englishlēaconion, leek; leek; a garden herb, leek, onion,...
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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