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Where does “siblingless” come from?

siblingless (English) comes from English sibling, from Old English sibling, from Old English -ling, from Old English lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

siblingless (English): Without siblings

Definitions

  1. Without siblings

Ancestry of “siblingless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiblingA person who shares a parent; one's brother or...
2Old Englishsiblingrelative, kinsman
3Old English-lingadverbial suffix denoting direction, state or...
4Old Englishlanglong; lasting; old, ancient; advanced
5Proto-West Germaniclanglong
6Proto-Germaniclangazlong
7Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
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