Smokeless
/ˈsmoʊk.ləs/noun
Producing or giving off no smoke.
Did you know?The word is transparently English, formed by adding the Old English-style suffix -less to smoke, a root that has wandered through Germanic languages for centuries.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*smukaz / *smukō
“Smoke or vapor”
Old English
OE
smoca
“Smoke, fumes”
Middle English
ME
smoke
“Smoke, fumes, the visible product of burning”
Old English
OE
-lēas
“Without, lacking, free from”
Modern English
English
smokeless
“Free from smoke; not producing smoke”