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Where does “sleveles” come from?

sleveles (Middle English) comes from Old English slīeflēas, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.

Ancestry of “sleveles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishslīeflēassleeveless
2Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
3Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “sleveles”

  • sleeveless
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