"clanless" meaning in English

See clanless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ Proto-Italic *plāntā? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂ Proto-Italic *plānktā Latin plantabor. Old Welsh plantbor. Old Irish cland Middle Irish clann Irish clannbor. ▲ Middle Irish clann Scottish Gaelic clannbor. English clan Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English clanless From clan + -less. Piecewise doublet of plantless. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|clan|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ Proto-Italic *plāntā? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂ Proto-Italic *plānktā Latin plantabor. Old Welsh plantbor. Old Irish cland Middle Irish clann Irish clannbor. ▲ Middle Irish clann Scottish Gaelic clannbor. English clan Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English clanless [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*plāntā", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "flat", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "flat", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pleth₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_uncertain" : 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"Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "planta", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Welsh", "term" : "plant", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "owl" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Irish", "term" : "cland", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sga" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Irish", "term" : "clann", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "mga" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Irish", "term" : "clann", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ga" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : [ "mga", ":inh", "sga:cland" ], "lang_name" : "Middle Irish", "term" : "clann", "lang" : "mga" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Scottish Gaelic", "term" : "clann", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gd" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "clan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*lewHs-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*leusaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "clanless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="clanless"> From clan + -less., {{piecewise doublet|en|plantless}} Piecewise doublet of plantless, {{ety|en|:af|clan|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ Proto-Italic *plāntā? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂ Proto-Italic *plānktā Latin plantabor. Old Welsh plantbor. Old Irish cland Middle Irish clann Irish clannbor. ▲ Middle Irish clann Scottish Gaelic clannbor. English clan Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English clanless From clan + -less. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} clanless (not comparable)
  1. Without a clan. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: clanlessness
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              49
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English piecewise doublets",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₁-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pel- (fold)",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₂-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleth₂-",
        "English terms suffixed with -less",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon"
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              41,
              49
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}

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