Where does “struggleless” come from?
struggleless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
struggleless (English): Without struggle; easy, unburdensome, unwearisome
Definitions
- Without struggle; easy, unburdensome, unwearisome
Ancestry of “struggleless”, step by step
struggleless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
via English struggle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | struggle | A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape... |
| 2 | Middle English | struglen | — |