horseless

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without a horse. not-comparable
    — The stealthy Apaches waited until their pale-face friends were well asleep, and then with a piece of cow-hide, hard and thin, sawed out a section of the adobe wall, at the other end of the corral, and in the morning Los Americanos found themselves horseless and muleless.

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-?
Proto-Indo-European *wers-
Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn
Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn
Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā
Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.?
Proto-Germanic *hrussą
Proto-West Germanic *hross
Old English hors
Middle English hors
English horse
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 horseless
From horse + -less.
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