English
sonless
Sonless comes from Middle English soneles.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English sonless
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1876, John Richard Green: “As no baron who was sonless could give a…”.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sonelesWiktionary, English sonless
- Englishearliest quotation 1876sonlessWiktionary, English sonless. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1876, John Richard Green: “As no baron who was sonless could give a…”
Formed from son + -less
Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to bear’
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Proto-Germanic *sunuz
Proto-West Germanic *sunu
Old English sunu
Middle English sonn
English son
Every English word from Middle English soneles
Today it means
adj Without a son.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English soneles / sonless