Where does “godless” come from?
Godless comes from Middle English godles, from Old English godlēas meaning "without a god," from Proto-Germanic gudalausaz, itself from Proto-Germanic gudą and the Proto-Indo-European root ǵʰewH-.
godless (English): Not acknowledging any deity or god; without...
Definitions
- Not acknowledging any deity or god; without...
Ancestry of “godless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -less | (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun |
| 2 | Middle English | -les | Lacking (something); without (something) |
| 3 | Turkish | -le | with, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form... |
| 4 | Turkish | ile | with; and |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | ایله | by |
| 6 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اِیلَه | — |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | bile | with, together, also |