Etymology

veinless

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Today it means: Without veins. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinvēna
  2. Old Frenchveine
  3. Middle Englishveine
  4. Englishvein
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  7. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  9. English todayveinless

From vein + -less.

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