The story
- Old English · inherited fromnān þȳ lǣs
- Middle English · inherited fromnatheles
- English todaynonetheless
A modification of natheless after none, from Middle English natheles, from Old English nān þȳ lǣs, nā þē lǣs, nā þȳ lǣs. Univerbation of none + the + less.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishnatheles all →
natheless
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.