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
- Not owning land; Not containing any land
Ancestry of “landless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | londlees | — |
| 2 | Old English | landlēas | — |
| 3 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
Words derived from “landless”