Where does “assistless” come from?

assistless (English) comes from English assist, from Middle English assisten, from Old French assister, from Latin assisto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

assistless (English): Without aid or help

Definitions

  1. Without aid or help

Ancestry of “assistless”, step by step

assistless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English assist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassistTo help; To make a pass that leads directly...
2Middle Englishassisten
3Old Frenchassisterto assist, to attend
4Latinassistoto place oneself somewhere, stand (at or by), post oneself; approach, come upon; stop or halt in a position
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-