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Where does “laneless” come from?

laneless (English) comes from English lane, from Middle English lane, from Old English lane, from Proto-West Germanic lanu, from Proto-Germanic lanō — lane, passageway.

laneless (English): Without lanes

Definitions

  1. Without lanes

Ancestry of “laneless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaneA road, street, or similar thoroughfare; A narrow...
2Middle Englishlane—
3Old Englishlane—
4Proto-West Germaniclanulane, passageway
5Proto-Germaniclanōlane, passageway
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