Etymology

echoless

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Today it means: Without echo. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Latinēchō
  6. Medieval Latinēccō
  7. Middle Englisheccho
  8. Englishecho
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  11. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  12. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  13. English todayecholess

From echo + -less.

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