Where does “plunderless” come from?
plunderless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
plunderless (English): Without plunder
Ancestry of “plunderless”, step by step
plunderless 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 plunder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | plunder | To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by... |
| 2 | German | plündern | to loot; to plunder; to pillage; to raid; to take... |
| 3 | Middle High German | plundern | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | plünderen | to plunder |