Etymology

painless

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Today it means: Free from pain; without pain or trouble. Full definition →

Middle English paynles
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompaynles
  2. English todaypainless

From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”).

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