Where does “hedgeless” come from?
hedgeless (English) comes from English hedge, from Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-Germanic *haggju.
hedgeless (English): Without hedges
Ancestry of “hedgeless”, step by step
hedgeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hedge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | hedge | A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery,... |
| 2 | Middle English | hegge | A hedge; a plant grown as a boundary; A bush or... |
| 3 | Old English | heċġ | fence |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *haggju | — |
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 | — |
Words derived from “hedgeless”