Where does “landless” come from?

Landless comes from Old English landlēas, a compound of land and lēas meaning "without land."

landless (English): Not owning land; Not containing any land

Definitions

  1. Not owning land; Not containing any land

Ancestry of “landless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlondlees—
2Old Englishlandlēaslandless, not having land; without land
3Old Englishlandland; a country; region within a country:...
4Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
5Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

Words derived from “landless”

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