Where does “scrupleless” come from?
scrupleless (English) comes from English scruple, from Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
scrupleless (English): Without scruples; uninhibited by conscience or...
Definitions
- Without scruples; uninhibited by conscience or...
Ancestry of “scrupleless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scruple | A weight of 1⁄288 of a pound, that is, twenty... |
| 2 | Old French | scrupule | — |
| 3 | Latin | scrūpulus | a small, sharp or pointed stone |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |