Where does “pajamaless” come from?
pajamaless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
pajamaless (English): Without pajamas
Ancestry of “pajamaless”, step by step
pajamaless 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 pajama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pajama | attributive form of pajamas; A pair of pajamas |
| 2 | Makasar | pa- | causative prefix |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | pa- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | pa- | causative prefix |