leaflessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English leavelessder.

English leafless

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English leaflessness

From leafless + -ness.

Noun

leaflessness (uncountable)

1. The property of being leafless.

   Synonym: aphylly

   The tree's leaflessness made it look scrawny, though in summer it seemed full and bushy.