Where does “sleeveless” come from?

Sleeveless comes from Middle English sleveles, from Old English slīeflēas, meaning without sleeves.

sleeveless (English): Of a garment, having no sleeves; Wanting a cover,...

Definitions

  1. Of a garment, having no sleeves; Wanting a cover,...

Ancestry of “sleeveless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishslevelees—
2Old Englishslīeflēassleeveless
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “sleeveless”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *laus →Every word from Old English lēas →Every word from Old English slīeflēas →