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wageless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wage-less
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a wage.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Northern French wagebor. Middle English wage English wage 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 wageless From wage + -less.

Derived Forms

wagelessness

Synonyms

unpaid unsalaried unwaged

Questions

What does wageless mean?
Without a wage.
Where does wageless come from?
Etymology tree Old Northern French wagebor. Middle English wage English wage 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 wageless From wage + -less.

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