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Where does “snapless” come from?

snapless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.

snapless (English): Without snap fasteners

Definitions

  1. Without snap fasteners

Ancestry of “snapless”, step by step

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—
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