Where does “sewerless” come from?

sewerless (English) comes from English sewer, from English sew, from Middle English sew, from Old English seaw, from Proto-West Germanic *sauw — juice.

sewerless (English): Without a sewer

Definitions

  1. Without a sewer

Ancestry of “sewerless”, step by step

sewerless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sewer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsewerA pipe or system of pipes used to remove human...
2EnglishsewTo use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through...
3Middle EnglishsewAlternative form of sowe
4Old Englishseawsap, juice; moisture; humour
5Proto-West Germanic*sauwjuice

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-West Germanic *sauw →