Where does “scratchless” come from?
scratchless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
scratchless (English): Without a scratch; unscathed, spotless
Definitions
- Without a scratch; unscathed, spotless
Ancestry of “scratchless”, step by step
scratchless 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 Scratch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Scratch | A free educational visual programming language and a programming site developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab |
| 2 | Middle English | scratten | to scratch |