Where does “ruffleless” come from?
ruffleless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
ruffleless (English): Having no ruffle
Ancestry of “ruffleless”, step by step
ruffleless 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 ruffle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ruffle | Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as... |
| 2 | Middle English | ruffelen | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | hrufla | to graze, scratch |