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anchorless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.? Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor 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 anchorless From anchor + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Lacking an anchor; adrift
    • "Without God, this society would be anchorless." 2009 January 4, Ian Urbina, “Lawmaker in Kentucky Mixes Piety and Politics”, in New York Times:

Deriveds

anchorlessness

Translations (3)

de ankerlos (Translations) · pl bez kotwicy (Translations) · fi ankkuroimaton (Translations)