Where does “plugless” come from?

plugless (English) comes from English plug, from Dutch plug, from Dutch plugge, from Middle Dutch plugge, from Old Dutch pluggi, from Proto-Germanic plugjaz.

plugless (English): Without a plug

Definitions

  1. Without a plug

Ancestry of “plugless”, step by step

plugless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplugA pronged connecting device which fits into a...
2Dutchplugwall plug
3Dutchplugge—
4Middle Dutchpluggepeg, plug
5Old Dutchpluggi—
6Proto-Germanicplugjaz—

via English less

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—

Words derived from “plugless”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plugjaz →Every word from Old Dutch pluggi →Every word from Middle Dutch plugge →
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