Where does “canvasless” come from?

canvasless (English) comes from English canvas, from Middle English canevas, from Old Northern French canevas, from Latin cannabaceus, from Late Latin cannabum, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις — hemp; hemp seed.

canvasless (English): Without canvas

Definitions

  1. Without canvas

Ancestry of “canvasless”, step by step

canvasless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English canvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcanvasA type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful...
2Middle Englishcanevasflaxen fabric, canvas; A portion of canvas; a...
3Old Northern Frenchcanevas
4Latincannabaceus
5Late LatincannabumAlternative form of cannabis
6Latincannabishemp; dative/ablative plural of cannabum;...
7Ancient Greekκάνναβιςhemp; hemp seed

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 κάνναβις
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