English
hurtless
Hurtless comes from Middle English hurtlees ‘unhurt’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hurtlees‘unhurt’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590hurtless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hurtlees‘unhurt’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590hurtless
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book I, Canto VI: “Blaming of Fortune, which such troubles threw, / And…”
Formed from hurt + -less
Every English word from Middle English hurtlees
Today it means
adj Not causing hurt; harmless.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hurtlees / hurtless