fatherless
English
adj
Definitions
- Without a (living) father.
- (figurative) Without a known author or inventor.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English faderles inherited from Old English fæderlēas inherited from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz suffix from English father.
Origin
English
father
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Church Father English
- allofather English
- babyfather English
- biofather English
- birthfather English
- co-father English
- elderfather English
- eldfather English
- father English
- father tongue English
- father-in-law English
- father-out-law English
- father-slayer English
- father-to-be English
- fatherdom English
- fathered English
- fatherer English
- fatherese English
- fatherfucker English
- fatherhood English
- fatherkin English
- fatherkins English
- fatherland English
- fatherlessness English
- fatherlike English
- fatherling English
- fatherly English
- fatherness English
- fathership English
- forefather English
- forthfather English
- godfather English
- grandfather English
- highfather English
- housefather English
- lorefather English
- merfather English
- motherfather English
- nonfather English
- shriftfather English
- stepfather English
- unfather English
- Vater German
- vaterlos German
- *fadērlausaz Proto-Germanic
- fæderleas Old English
- fæderlēas Old English
- fader Middle English
- faderles Middle English
- faterlōs Old High German
- vaterlōs Middle High German
- bata Marshallese
- fada Nigerian Pidgin
- father
- fatherer
- fathered
- fatherly
- unfather
- godfather
- merfather
- fatherkin
- fatherdom
- fatherese
- biofather
- eldfather
- nonfather
- co-father
- fatherlike
- allofather
- highfather
- fatherland
- fathership
- stepfather
- fatherness
- babyfather
- lorefather
- fatherkins
- fatherling
- forefather
- fatherhood
- elderfather
- housefather
- forthfather
- grandfather
- birthfather
- father-to-be
- fatherfucker
- shriftfather
- motherfather
- Church Father
- father-in-law
- father tongue
- father-slayer
- father-out-law
- fatherlessness