English
spyless
From spy + -less.
Formed from spy + -less
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to look’
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Frankish *spehōn ‘to spy’
Vulgar Latin *spiō ‘to spy, espy’
Old French espier ‘to spy’
Middle English spien
English spy
Today it means
adj Without spies.
Sources
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