Etymology

ransomless

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Today it means: Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinredemptiō
  2. Old Frenchraençon
  3. Middle Englishraunsoun
  4. Englishransom
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  7. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  9. English todayransomless

From ransom + -less.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.