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Where does “faderles” come from?

faderles (Middle English) comes from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic fadērlausaz.

faderles (Middle English): Lacking or without a living/active father or male...

Definitions

  1. Lacking or without a living/active father or male...

Ancestry of “faderles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæderlēas—
2Proto-Germanicfadērlausaz—

Words derived from “faderles”

  • fatherless
  • fatherlessness
Every word from Proto-Germanic fadērlausaz →