Where does “raisinless” come from?
raisinless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
raisinless (English): Without raisins
Ancestry of “raisinless”, step by step
raisinless 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 raisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | raisin | A dried grape; Of grapes: to dry out; to become... |
| 2 | Middle English | raysyn | A grape or a cluster of grapes; A raisin; a dried... |
| 3 | Finnish | reisin | Instructive plural form of reisi |
| 4 | Latin | racīmus | — |