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Where does “pangless” come from?

pangless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.

pangless (English): Without a pang; painless

Definitions

  1. Without a pang; painless

Ancestry of “pangless”, step by step

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—
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