Where does “soundlessly” come from?
Soundlessly derives from English soundless, formed from English sound and the Old English suffix -līċ, ultimately tracing through Old English -lēas and Proto-Germanic galīkaz to Latin sonus meaning noise or sound.
soundlessly (English): In a manner that makes no noise
Definitions
- In a manner that makes no noise
Ancestry of “soundlessly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soundless | Without sound; Not capable of being sounded or... |
| 2 | English | -less | (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun |
| 3 | Middle English | -les | Lacking (something); without (something) |
| 4 | Turkish | -le | with, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form... |
| 5 | Turkish | ile | with; and |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایله | by |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اِیلَه | — |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | bile | with, together, also |