Where does “sweatless” come from?
sweatless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
sweatless (English): Without sweat
Ancestry of “sweatless”, step by step
sweatless 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 sweat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | sweat | Fluid that exits the body through pores in the... |
| 2 | Middle English | sweten | To make sweet, sweeten; To induce happiness; To... |
| 3 | Old English | swētan | to sweeten |
Words derived from “sweatless”