Where does “purposeless” come from?
Purposeless comes from English purposeless, deriving from Middle English purposen, Old English -lēas meaning "without," Latin pono meaning "to place," and Proto-Indo-European roots pro-, bʰuH-, per-, and pr̥tós.
purposeless (English): Without purpose
Ancestry of “purposeless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | purpose | An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | purposen | — |
| 3 | Old French | purposer | to propose; to make a proposition |
| 4 | Latin | prōpōnere | — |
Words derived from “purposeless”