Where does “batonless” come from?

batonless (English) comes from English bâton, from French bâton, from Latin bastum, from Vulgar Latin basto, from Latin bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω — to lift, lift up, raise; to bear, carry; to carry...

batonless (English): Without a baton

Definitions

  1. Without a baton

Ancestry of “batonless”, step by step

batonless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bâton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbâtonAlternative form of baton
2Frenchbâtonstick; baton
3LatinbastumA stick
4Vulgar Latinbastoto suffice; I am enough or sufficient; I suffice;...
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—
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