answerless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.

Proto-Germanic *anda-

Proto-Indo-European *swer-der.

Proto-Germanic *swarō

Proto-Germanic *andaswarō

Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru

Old English andswaru

Middle English answere

English answer

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 answerless

From answer + -less.

Adjective

answerless (not comparable)

1. Having or producing no answer.
2. Not capable of being answered; unanswerable.

Derived terms

• answerlessly
• answerlessness

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “answerless”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “answerless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.