Where does “parrotless” come from?
parrotless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
parrotless (English): without parrots
Ancestry of “parrotless”, step by step
parrotless 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 Parrot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Parrot | A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae |
| 2 | Middle French | perrot | — |
| 3 | Middle French | perroquet | — |