resourceless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English source

English resource

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 resourceless

From resource + -less.

Adjective

resourceless (not comparable)

1. Without resources.
   • 1900, Basil A Bouroff, The Impending Crisis:

     How is it, then, that they are obliged to remain homeless, landless, propertyless, resourceless?

Derived terms

• resourcelessness

Translations

without resources

• French: sans ressources

Anagrams

• recourseless