Etymograph

English

heathless

From heath + -less.

Formed from heath + -less

Proto-Indo-European *kayt- ‘forest, wasteland, pasture’

Proto-Germanic *haiþī ‘heath, waste, untilled land’

Proto-West Germanic *haiþi ‘uncultivated land, wasteland, moor’

Old English hǣþ ‘heath, untilled land, waste’

Middle English heth ‘a heath’

English heath

Today it means

adj Without a heath.

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

Etymograph / heathless