Etymograph

English

queenless

From queen + -less.

Formed from queen + -less

Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s ‘woman’

Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ‘wife’

Proto-West Germanic *kwāni ‘woman’

Old English cwēn

Middle English quene ‘a queen’

English queen

Today it means

adj Without a queen.

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

Etymograph / queenless