English
titleless
Titleless comes from Middle English titleles.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500titleles
- Englishearliest quotation 1623titleless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500titleles
- Englishearliest quotation 1623titleless
Earliest quotation: 1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus: “Coriolanus / He would not answer to: forbad all…”
Formed from title + -less
Latin titulus ‘title, inscription’
Old English titul ‘title, heading’
Middle English title
English title
Every English word from Middle English titleles
Today it means
adj Having no title; nameless.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English titleles / titleless