Where does “casketless” come from?
casketless (English) comes from English casket, from Norman cassette, from Norman câsse, from Old Northern French casse.
casketless (English): Without a casket
Ancestry of “casketless”, step by step
casketless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English casket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | casket | A little box, e.g. for jewellery; An urn; A... |
| 2 | Norman | cassette | cassette |
| 3 | Norman | câsse | till |
| 4 | Old Northern French | casse | — |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |