English
ropeless
From rope + -less.
Formed from rope + -less
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’
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Proto-Germanic *raipaz ‘strip’
Proto-West Germanic *raip ‘strip, band’
Old English rāp ‘rope, cord, cable’
Middle English rop ‘a rope’
English rope
Today it means
adj Without rope.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ropeless