Where does “scornless” come from?

scornless (English) comes from English scorn, from English scarn, from Old French escarn, from Vulgar Latin escarnire, from Proto-Germanic skarnjan, from Proto-Germanic skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- — to caw, crow.

scornless (English): Without scorn

Definitions

  1. Without scorn

Ancestry of “scornless”, step by step

scornless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scorn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscornTo feel or display contempt or disdain for...
2Englishscarndung
3Old Frenchescarn—
4Vulgar Latinescarnire—
5Proto-Germanicskarnjan—
6Proto-Germanicskeranąto shear
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeraną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skarnjan →
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