Where does “shapeless” come from?
Shapeless comes from Middle English -les, Old English -lēas meaning "without," from Old English lēas, Proto-Germanic lausaz, and Proto-Indo-European roots ḱóm and ḱe.
shapeless (English): without a clearly defined or identifiable shape
Definitions
- without a clearly defined or identifiable shape
Ancestry of “shapeless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | schaples | Misshapen or shapeless; lacking proper shape |
| 2 | Middle English | -les | Lacking (something); without (something) |
| 3 | Turkish | -le | with, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form... |
| 4 | Turkish | ile | with; and |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | ایله | by |
| 6 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اِیلَه | — |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | bile | with, together, also |