Etymology

countless

count·less
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Today it means: A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latincomputō
  9. Anglo-Normancounter
  10. Middle Englishcounten
  11. Englishcount
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  14. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  15. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  16. English todaycountless

From count + -less.

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