Etymograph

English

smockless

Smockless comes from Middle English smoklees.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500smoklees1
  2. Englishtodaysmockless1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English smockless

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500smokleesWiktionary, English smockless
  2. EnglishtodaysmocklessWiktionary, English smockless

Formed from smock + -less

Proto-Germanic *smukkaz ‘something slipped into’

Old English smocc

Middle English smok

English smock

Every English word from Middle English smoklees

Today it means

adj Without a smock.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “smockless”. 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 / Middle English smoklees / smockless

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