fatherless

adj

Etymology

From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father + -less. Cognate with German vaterlos.

inherited from *fadērlausaz✻
inherited from fæderlēas
inherited from faderles

Definitions

Without a (living) father.
Without a known author or inventor.

The neighborhood

neighborhalf orphan
neighbororphan
neighborparentless

Derived

fatherlessness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fatherless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA