English
manlessness
From manless + -ness.
Formed from manless + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man’
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘man’
Proto-Germanic *manalausaz ‘without a man, without a husband’
Old English mannlēas
Middle English manles
English manless
Today it means
noun Lack of a man.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / manlessness