Where does “youthless” come from?

youthless (English) comes from English youth, from Middle English youthe, from Old English ġeoguþ, from West Germanic juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic jugunþō.

youthless (English): Devoid of youth; old, aged

Definitions

  1. Devoid of youth; old, aged

Ancestry of “youthless”, step by step

youthless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English youth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyouthThe quality or state of being young; The part of...
2Middle EnglishyoutheYouth part of life following childhood
3Old Englishġeoguþthe state of being young; youth
4West Germanicjuwunþa—
5Proto-Germanicjugunþō—

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—

Words derived from “youthless”

Every word from Proto-Germanic jugunþō →Every word from West Germanic juwunþa →Every word from Old English ġeoguþ →