Where does “pipless” come from?
pipless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
pipless (English): Without pips
Ancestry of “pipless”, step by step
pipless 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 PIP
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | PIP | Initialism of picture-in-picture; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | pip | disease of poultry, also of people |
| 3 | Latin | pipita | pip, coryza |
| 4 | Latin | pītuīta | mucus, phlegm |