waterless

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

  • From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas, from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos, West Frisian wetterleas, Dutch waterloos, German wasserlos, Swedish vattenlös, Icelandic vatnslaus.

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