Etymograph

English

grainless

From grain + -less.

Formed from grain + -less

Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’

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Proto-Italic *grānom

Latin grānum ‘seed’

Old French grain

Middle English greyn ‘a grain’

English grain

Today it means

adj Without grain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / grainless