Etymograph

English

hoseless

From hose + -less.

Formed from hose + -less

Proto-Germanic *husǭ ‘coverings, leggings, trousers’

Proto-West Germanic *hosā ‘outer cover, shell’

Old English hose ‘hose, leggings’

Middle English hose ‘leggings, hose’

English hose

Today it means

adj Without a hose.

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

Etymograph / hoseless