Where does “methodlessness” come from?
methodlessness (English) comes from English methodless, from English method, from Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος, from Ancient Greek μετά, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé.
methodlessness (English): Absence of a method
Ancestry of “methodlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | methodless | Without a method; haphazard |
| 2 | English | method | A process by which a task is completed; a way of... |
| 3 | Middle French | methode | method; manner of doing something |
| 4 | Latin | methodus | method; way of teaching |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέθοδος | following after, pursuit; pursuit of knowledge,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μετά | in the midst of, among, between, with; in common,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | — |