English Explanatory Dictionary

fatherless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without a (living) father.
  2. Without a known author or inventor.

Word forms

fatherless fatherlesse

Etymology

From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father + -less. Cognate with German vaterlos.

Related words

half orphan orphan

Derived words

fatherlessness
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