English
questionless
Questionless comes from Middle English questionles.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500questionles
- Englishearliest quotation 1633questionless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500questionles
- Englishearliest quotation 1633questionless
Earliest quotation: 1633, Peter Heylyn [i.e., Heylin]: “[I]n the firſt of Henry the ſixth, the Company…”
Formed from question + -less
Latin quaerere ‘to seek’
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Latin quaestiōnem
Old French question
Anglo-Norman questiun
Middle English questioun ‘a problem’
English question
Every English word from Middle English questionles
Today it means
adj Certain; indubitable; unquestionable; not admitting of question or doubt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English questionles / questionless