Where does “womenless” come from?

womenless (English) comes from English women, from Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn, from Old English wīf, from Proto-West Germanic wīb, from Proto-Germanic wībą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰwíh₂bʰ- — shame, pudenda.

womenless (English): Without women

Definitions

  1. Without women

Ancestry of “womenless”, step by step

womenless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English women

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwomenplural of woman; Misspelling of woman
2Middle Englishwimmen—
3Old Englishwīfmennwomen
4Old Englishwīfwife; woman, female, lady, wife; female
5Proto-West Germanicwībwoman; wife
6Proto-Germanicwībąwoman; wife
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰwíh₂bʰ-shame, pudenda

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰwíh₂bʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wībą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wīb →