Etymograph

English

rakeless

From rake + -less.

Formed from rake + -less

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten, right oneself’

Proto-Germanic *rakō ‘tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake’

Old English raca ‘tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake’

Middle English rake

English rake

Today it means

adj Having no rake.

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

Etymograph / rakeless