roofless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English roof

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 roofless

From roof + -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

roofless (not comparable)

1. Without a roof, open to the sky.

   Before the tornado we had a dining room with a skylight; after it we had a roofless home with too much ventilation.

2. Having no house or home; unsheltered.

   Synonyms: homeless, houseless

Derived terms

• rooflessness

Translations

without a roof

• Finnish: katoton
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἄστεγος (ástegos)

having no house or home

• Bulgarian: бездомен (bg) (bezdomen)
• Catalan: sensesostre (ca)
• Finnish: asunnoton (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἄστεγος (ástegos)