Where does “leisureless” come from?
leisureless (English) comes from English leisure, from Middle English leyser, from Old French leisir, from Latin licēre.
leisureless (English): Without leisure; perpetually busy or labouring
Definitions
- Without leisure; perpetually busy or labouring
Ancestry of “leisureless”, step by step
leisureless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English leisure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | leisure | Freedom provided by the cessation of activities;... |
| 2 | Middle English | leyser | leisure |
| 3 | Old French | leisir | Alternative form of loisir |
| 4 | Latin | licēre | — |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
Words derived from “leisureless”