fatherless

== English == === Alternative forms === fatherlesse (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father +‎ -less. Cognate with German vaterlos. === Adjective === fatherless (not comparable) Without a (living) father. (figurative) Without a known author or inventor. ==== Hypernyms ==== parentless ==== Coordinate terms ==== motherless ==== Derived terms ==== fatherlessness ==== Translations ==== === See also === half orphan orphan