Etymology

shapeless

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Today it means: Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape. Full definition →

Middle English schaples ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-
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  1. Proto-West Germanic*gaskap
  2. Old Englishġesċeap
  3. Proto-Germanic*skēpą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skāp
  5. Old Englishsċeap
  6. Middle Englishschap
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  9. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  11. Middle Englishschaples
  12. English todayshapeless

Inherited from Middle English schaples. By surface analysis, shape + -less.

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