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
- Free from toil
Ancestry of “toilless”, step by step
toilless 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 toil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toil | Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature;... |
| 2 | Middle English | toilen, toylen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | toiller | to agitate, stir up, entangle; to dirty; to mark;... |