Where does “lapelless” come from?
lapelless (English) comes from English lapel, from English -el, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lapelless (English): Without lapels
Definitions
- Without lapels
Ancestry of “lapelless”, step by step
lapelless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lapel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lapel | Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the... |
| 2 | English | -el | Suffix forming nouns, originally denoting an... |
| 3 | Middle English | -el | — |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |