Etymology

friendless

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Today it means: Without friends (without a friend). Full definition →

Middle English frendles ← Old English frēondlēas
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfrēondlēas
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfrendles
  3. English todayfriendless

From Middle English frendles, from Old English frēondlēas. By surface analysis, friend + -less.

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