Where does “landlessness” come from?
Landlessness is derived from English landless plus the suffix Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -inassuz denoting a state or condition.
landlessness (English): The state or condition of being landless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being landless
Ancestry of “landlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | landless | Not owning land; Not containing any land |
| 2 | Middle English | londlees | — |
| 3 | Old English | landlēas | — |
| 4 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |