Where does “healthless” come from?

healthless (English) comes from English health, from Middle English helþe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

healthless (English): Unhealthy

Definitions

  1. Unhealthy

Ancestry of “healthless”, step by step

healthless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English health

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhealthThe state of being free from physical or...
2Middle Englishhelþesoundness; health; recovery
3Old Englishhǣlþ
4Proto-Germanichailiþōwholeness, health
5Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

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

Words derived from “healthless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilosEvery word from Proto-Germanic hailazEvery word from Proto-Germanic hailiþō
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