English
leafless
Leafless comes from Middle English leveles.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English leafless
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1842, Katherine Thomson, London: Richard Bentley: “One afternoon, when all the party from the house…”.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500levelesWiktionary, English leafless
- Englishearliest quotation 1842leaflessWiktionary, English leafless. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1842, Katherine Thomson, London: Richard Bentley: “One afternoon, when all the party from the house…”
Formed from leaf + -less
Proto-Germanic *laubą
Proto-West Germanic *laub
Old English lēaf
Middle English lef ‘Foliage’
English leaf
Every English word from Middle English leveles
Today it means
adj Of plants or trees, without leaves.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English leveles / leafless