Where does daughterless come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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daughterless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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Without a daughter.

From Middle English doughterles, dowhterles, douterles, equivalent to daughter + -less. Cognate with Dutch dochterloos (“daughterless”).

daughterlessness

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