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Where does “issueless” come from?

issueless (English) comes from English issue, from Middle English issue, from Old French issue, from Old French issir, from Latin exeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.

issueless (English): Without issue; Without an issue

Definitions

  1. Without issue; Without an issue

Ancestry of “issueless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishissueThe action or an instance of flowing or coming...
2Middle Englishissue—
3Old Frenchissuefeminine singular of the past participle of...
4Old Frenchissirto leave, to go out; to get out; to escape
5Latinexeō—
6Latineō—
7Proto-ItaliceōI go
8Proto-Italicejō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →