Where does “pagodaless” come from?
pagodaless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
pagodaless (English): Without a pagoda
Ancestry of “pagodaless”, step by step
pagodaless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English pagoda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pagoda | A religious building in South and Southeast Asia,... |
| 2 | Portuguese | pagode | a subgenre of samba music; pagoda; spree |
| 3 | Malayalam | പകോതി | Durga temple |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भगवती | goddess |