Where does “captionless” come from?

captionless (English) comes from English caption, from Latin captiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

captionless (English): Without a caption

Definitions

  1. Without a caption

Ancestry of “captionless”, step by step

captionless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English caption

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaptionThe descriptive heading or title of a document or...
2Latincaptiōdeception, fraud, deceit, trick
3Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
4Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

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

Words derived from “captionless

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-