"pathless" meaning in English

See pathless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pathless.wav [US] Forms: more pathless [comparative], most pathless [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English path 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 pathless From path + -less. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|path|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English path 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 pathless [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|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" : "pathless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="pathless"> From path + -less. Head templates: {{en-adj}} pathless (comparative more pathless, superlative most pathless)
  1. Without a path or trail. Translations (without a path): непроходим (neprohodim) (Bulgarian), neschůdný (Czech), pfadlos (German), unwegsam (German), weglos (German), αδιάβατος (adiávatos) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-pathless-en-adj-LLRI1AxS Disambiguation of 'without a path': 100 0
  2. (figurative) Unexplored. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: trackless, uncharted, unknown, virgin
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pathlessness
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