English
grandmotherless
Grandmotherless comes from Middle English grauntmoderles.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grauntmoderles
- Englishearliest quotation 2006grandmotherless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500grauntmoderles
- Englishearliest quotation 2006grandmotherless
Earliest quotation: 2006, Kari Cornell: “But I grew up grandmotherless, and the other women…”
Formed from grandmother + -less
Middle English graundmodre
English grandmother
Every English word from Middle English grauntmoderles
Today it means
adj Without a grandmother.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English grauntmoderles / grandmotherless