English

harvestless

From harvest + -less.

Formed from harvest + -less

Proto-Indo-European *kerp- ‘to cut off, raze’

Proto-Germanic *harbistaz ‘harvest-time, autumn, fall’

Proto-West Germanic *harbist

Old English hærfest ‘autumn, harvest-time’

Middle English harvest

Today it means

adj Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.

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

Etymograph / harvestless