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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.

tillerless (English): Without a tiller; Without tillers, or shoots

Definitions

  1. Without a tiller; Without tillers, or shoots

Ancestry of “tillerless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtillerA person who tills; a farmer; A machine that...
2Middle EnglishtilierAn agriculturalist; a cultivator; A tiller; a...
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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