Where does “wastelessness” come from?
wastelessness (English) comes from English wasteless, from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
wastelessness (English): Absence of waste
Ancestry of “wastelessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | wasteless | Without waste |
| 2 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 3 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 4 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |