Etymology

anchorless

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Today it means: Lacking an anchor; adrift Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English anchor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enk-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.?
  3. Latinancora
  4. Proto-Germanic*ankurô
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ankurō
  6. Old Englishancor
  7. Middle Englishanker
  8. Englishanchor
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  11. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  12. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  13. English todayanchorless

From anchor + -less.

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