English
reefless
From reef + -less.
Formed from reef + -less
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- ‘arch, ceiling, cover’
Proto-Germanic *ribją ‘rib, reef’
Old Norse rif ‘rib, reef’
Middle English rif
English reef
Today it means
adj Having no reefs.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “reefless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / reefless