Etymograph

English

spoonless

From spoon + -less.

Formed from spoon + -less

Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ‘chip, flake, shaving’

Proto-West Germanic *spānu ‘piece of wood, chip, shaving’

Old English spōn ‘sliver, chip of wood, shaving’

Middle English spoon ‘spoon, chip of wood’

English spoon

Today it means

adj Without a spoon or spoons.

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

Etymograph / spoonless