changeless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos

Proto-Celtic *kambosder.

Gaulish cambionbor.

Latin cambium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Late Latin cambiō

Late Latin cambiāreder.

Old French changierder.

Anglo-Norman chaungerbor.

Middle English chaungen

English change

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English changeless

From change + -less.

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Adjective

changeless (not comparable)

1. unchanging

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:changeless

   • 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 23:

     Lest men grow weary down on the great Worlds through gazing always at a changeless sky I will paint my pictures in the sky. And I will paint them twice in every day for so long as days shall be.

Derived terms

• changelessly
• changelessness