Unscramble

m 3 o 1 t 1 h 4 e 1 r 1 l 1 e 1 s 1 s 1

10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble

Meaning

adjective having no living or known mother

originFrom Middle English moderles, from Old English mōdorlēas, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlausaz, equivalent to mother + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian muurloos (“motherless”), Dutch moederloos (“motherless”), German mutterlos (“motherless”), Danish moderløs (“motherless”), Swedish moderlös (“motherless”), Icelandic móðurlaus (“motherless”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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