Peerless
/ˈpɪr.ləs/noun
Without equal; unrivaled.
Did you know?Unlike occult-sounding words with ancient ritual roots, peerless is built from a plain English negation of *peer*—a word that once meant an equal or companion—so its power comes from exclusion, not enchantment.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to traffic, to sell, to exchange”
Latin
Latin
par
“equal, matching, of the same rank”
Old French
Old French
peir
“equal, peer”
Middle English
English
peerles
“having no equal; matchless”
Modern English
English
peerless
“without an equal; unmatched”