English
skeletonless
From skeleton + -less.
Formed from skeleton + -less
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- ‘to parch, wither’
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Ancient Greek σκέλλω ‘dry, dry up, make dry, parch’
Ancient Greek σκελετός ‘dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy’
Ancient Greek σκελετόν
New Latin sceleton
English skeleton
Today it means
adj That lacks a skeleton
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “skeletonless”. 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.
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