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

Definitions

  1. Without plunder

Ancestry of “plunderless”, step by step

plunderless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English plunder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplunderTo pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by...
2Germanplündernto loot; to plunder; to pillage; to raid; to take...
3Middle High Germanplundern
4Middle Low Germanplünderento plunder
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lausEvery word from Old English lēasEvery word from Middle English les