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
- Unhealthy
Ancestry of “healthless”, step by step
healthless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English health
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | health | The state of being free from physical or... |
| 2 | Middle English | helþe | soundness; health; recovery |
| 3 | Old English | hǣlþ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hailiþō | wholeness, health |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ilos | healthy |