Where does “scrubless” come from?
scrubless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
scrubless (English): Without scrubby vegetation
Definitions
- Without scrubby vegetation
Ancestry of “scrubless”, step by step
scrubless 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 scrub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | scrub | Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby; One who... |
| 2 | Middle English | scrobben | groom a horse with a currycomb |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | schrobben | clean by scrubbing |