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Where does “sweaterless” come from?

sweaterless (English) comes from English sweater, from Middle English swetere, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

sweaterless (English): Without a sweater

Definitions

  1. Without a sweater

Ancestry of “sweaterless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsweaterA knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick...
2Middle Englishswetere—
3Middle English-ere—
4Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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