Where does “batless” come from?

batless (English) comes from English bat, from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin bastum, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

batless (English): Without bats

Definitions

  1. Without bats

Ancestry of “batless”, step by step

batless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbatAny of the flying mammals of the order...
2Frenchbâtpacksaddle
3Old Frenchbastpacksaddle
4Vulgar LatinbastumA stick
5Latinbastāre—
6Ancient Greekβαστάζωto lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

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 Ancient Greek βαστάζω →Every word from Latin bastāre →Every word from Vulgar Latin bastum →