Where does “tillerless” come from?
tillerless (English) comes from English tiller, from Middle English tilier, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
tillerless (English): Without a tiller; Without tillers, or shoots
Definitions
- Without a tiller; Without tillers, or shoots
Ancestry of “tillerless”, step by step
tillerless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tiller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tiller | A person who tills; a farmer; A machine that... |
| 2 | Middle English | tilier | An agriculturalist; a cultivator; A tiller; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |