pathless

Without a path or trail.

Adjective

  1. Without a path or trail.
    • It was an old and pathless forest, and you could not keep anything like a straight course in it. - 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:
  2. Unexplored.

    Synonyms: trackless uncharted unknown virgin

Origin

Etymology tree English path Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English pathless From path + -less.

Forms

more pathless most pathless

Derived

pathlessness