Etymograph

English

halterless

From halter + -less.

Formed from halter + -less

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to cut’

Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā ‘harness’

Old English hælfter

Middle English halter ‘a halter’

English halter

Today it means

adj Without a halter.

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

Etymograph / halterless