English

lithesome

Lithesome comes from Middle English lithsum.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from lithe + -some

Proto-Indo-European *lentos

Proto-Germanic *linþaz ‘bendsome’

Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī) ‘gentle’

Old English līþe ‘gentle, mild’

Middle English lithe

English lithe

Every English word from Middle English lithsum

adj Characterised or marked by litheness; pliant, limber, nimble, lissom.

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