Where does “ritualless” come from?
ritualless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
ritualless (English): Without a ritual
Ancestry of “ritualless”, step by step
ritualless 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 ritual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ritual | Related to a rite or repeated set of actions;... |
| 2 | Latin | rītuālis | ritual, relating to religious rites |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |