Etymograph

English

ladderproof

From ladder + -proof.

Formed from ladder + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to lean’

Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō

Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju

Old English hlǣder ‘ladder’

Middle English ladder ‘ladder’

English ladder

Today it means

adj Resistant to the formation of ladders (lengths of unravelled fabric).

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

Etymograph / ladderproof