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etymologyless

etymologyless adjective: without an etymology.

Adjective

etymologyless (not comparable)

  1. Without an etymology.
    • "'Nylon' may not be quite etymologyless.2002 June 30, Keiva, Wordsmith.org
    • But what Jan wants is not the opinion of experts who have taught thousands of teachers and thousands of children; she wants “a direct comparison of that approach with approaches that use multi-linguistic, connectionist word study methods, phonology + orthography + meaning and morphology without...2015 February 22, “An Engraved Invitation”, in Linguist~Educator Exchange

Origin of etymologyless

From etymology + -less.

Questions about etymologyless

What does etymologyless mean?
Etymologyless means without an etymology.
What part of speech is etymologyless?
Etymologyless is an adjective.

Words near etymologyless in the dictionary

  1. etymologizer
  2. etymologizers
  3. etymologizes
  4. etymologizing
  5. etymology
  6. etymologyless
  7. etymon
  8. etymonic
  9. etymonically
  10. etymons
  11. etymothesis

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