handless

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

  • From Middle English handles, from Old English *handlēas, from Proto-Germanic *handulausaz, equivalent to hand + -less. Cognate with West Frisian hânleas, German handlos, Icelandic handlauss.
  • From handleless, by haplology, under the influence of etymology 1 above.

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