Debtless
/ˈdɛt.ləs/noun
Free from debt; having no financial obligations.
Did you know?The word 'debt' originates from the Latin 'debitum', which means 'something owed', linked to the idea of binding oneself to financial obligations—almost like a spell of servitude!
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*deb-
“to owe, to bind”
Latin
Latin
debitum
“something owed, a debt, derived from 'debere' meaning to owe”
Old French
Old French
dette
“a debt, something owed, a financial obligation”
Middle English
Middle English
dette
“a debt, obligation, or liability”
Modern English
English
debt
“a state of owing money or obligation; the concept of financial bondage”