Where does “mushroomless” come from?
mushroomless (English) comes from English mushroom, from Middle English muscheron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, from Old French moisseron, from Old French mosse, from Frankish mosa, from Proto-Germanic musą, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
mushroomless (English): Without mushrooms
Definitions
- Without mushrooms
Ancestry of “mushroomless”, step by step
mushroomless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mushroom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mushroom | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi... |
| 2 | Middle English | muscheron | mushroom |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | musherum | — |
| 4 | Old French | moisseron | — |
| 5 | Old French | mosse | moss |
| 6 | Frankish | mosa | moss |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | musą | moss, bog |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |