English
grassless
Grassless comes from Middle English greceles, and goes back to gras.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gras
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500greceles
- Englishtodaygrassless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gras
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500greceles
- Englishtodaygrassless
Formed from grass + -less
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’
Proto-Germanic *grasą
Proto-West Germanic *gras
Old English græs
Middle English gras ‘a grass’
English grass
Every English word from Middle English gras
Today it means
adj Lacking grass.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gras / grassless