Etymology

goodless

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Today it means: Without goods or property; destitute. Full definition →

Middle English goodles ← Old English gōdlēas
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromgōdlēas“without good, miserable, bad, evil”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgoodles“poor, without goods or property”
  3. English todaygoodless

From Middle English goodles (“poor, without goods or property”), from Old English gōdlēas (“without good, miserable, bad, evil”), equivalent to good + -less.

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