English
toothlessness
From toothless + -ness.
Formed from toothless + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’
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Proto-Germanic *tanþs ‘tooth’
Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz
Old English tōþlēas
Middle English tothles
English toothless
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth.
Sources
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