Where does “gristleless” come from?

gristleless (English) comes from English gristle, from Middle English gristel, from Old English gristel, from Proto-West Germanic gristil.

gristleless (English): Free from gristle

Definitions

  1. Free from gristle

Ancestry of “gristleless”, step by step

gristleless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gristle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgristleCartilage; cartilage present, as a tough...
2Middle Englishgristel
3Old Englishgristelcartilage
4Proto-West Germanicgristil

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
Every word from Proto-West Germanic gristilEvery word from Old English gristelEvery word from Middle English gristel
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