avoidless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English avoid

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 avoidless

From avoid + -less.

Adjective

avoidless (comparative more avoidless, superlative most avoidless)

1. (rare) Unavoidable; inevitable.

References

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