Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shelterless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shel-ter-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking shelter; homeless.

Etymology

Etymology tree English shelter 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 shelterless From shelter + -less.

Inflected Forms

more shelterless (comparative) most shelterless (superlative)

Derived Forms

shelterlessness

Questions

What does shelterless mean?: Lacking shelter; homeless.
Where does shelterless come from?: Etymology tree English shelter 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 shelterless From shelter + -less.

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