-less

(Engels)

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ləs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: -les

Overgenomen van Oudengels: -lēas

Verwant aan Schots: -less

Verwant aan Fries: -leas

Verwant aan Saterfries: -loos

Verwant aan Nederlands: -loos

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: -los

Verwant aan Duits: -los

Verwant aan Deens: -løs

Verwant aan Zweeds: -lös

Verwant aan IJslands: -laus

In summary

From Middle English -les, -leas, from Old English -lēas (“-less”) (compare lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”)), from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose”). (Not related to less, which derives from *laisiz, *laisizô.) Cognate with Scots -less, West Frisian -leas, Saterland Frisian -loos, Dutch -loos (“-less”), Low German -los, German -los, Danish -løs, Swedish -lös, Icelandic -laus. More at lease (“false”).

Concepten

zonder

-loos

on-

Synoniemen

un-

non-

less

without

bereft of

deprived of

non-existing

a-

im-

devoid of

in-

lacking