Etymology

craftless

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Today it means: Without craft; unskilled. Full definition →

Middle English craftles ← Old English cræftlēas ← Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus
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craftless · adjective1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kraftulaus
  2. Old English · inherited fromcræftlēas“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcraftles
  4. English todaycraftless

From Middle English craftles, creftleas, from Old English cræftlēas (“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus, equivalent to craft + -less. Cognate with West Frisian krêftleas (“powerless”), Dutch krachteloos (“powerless”), German kraftlos (“powerless”).

craftless · adjective2

  1. Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
  2. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  4. Old Englishcræft
  5. Middle Englishcraft
  6. Englishcraft
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  9. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  11. English todaycraftless

From craft + -less.

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