Where does “toilless” come from?

toilless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.

toilless (English): Free from toil

Definitions

  1. Free from toil

Ancestry of “toilless”, step by step

toilless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus

via English toil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoilLabour, work, especially of a grueling nature;...
2Middle Englishtoilen, toylen
3Anglo-Normantoillerto agitate, stir up, entangle; to dirty; to mark;...

Words derived from “toilless

Every word from Proto-Germanic *lausEvery word from Old English lēasEvery word from Middle English les