Where does “golfless” come from?
golfless (English) comes from English golf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.
golfless (English): Without the game of golf
Ancestry of “golfless”, step by step
golfless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English golf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | golf | A ball game played by individuals competing... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | colve | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *kulbaz | round object, lump |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |