Where does “offerless” come from?

offerless (English) comes from English offer, from Middle English offer, from Old English offrian, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

offerless (English): Without offer

Definitions

  1. Without offer

Ancestry of “offerless”, step by step

offerless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English offer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishofferA proposal that has been made; Something put...
2Middle Englishoffer
3Old Englishoffrianto offer
4Latinofferōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-