Where does “chassisless” come from?

chassisless (English) comes from English châssis, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

chassisless (English): Without a chassis

Definitions

  1. Without a chassis

Ancestry of “chassisless”, step by step

chassisless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English châssis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchâssisAlternative spelling of chassis
2Frenchchâssischassis, frame; window
3Frenchchâssereliquary; coffin
4Middle Frenchchasse
5Old Frenchchacehunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person...
6Old Frenchchacierto hunt, to go hunting
7Latincaptiāreto hunt
8Latincaptuscaptured, having been captured, seized, having...
9Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
10Proto-Italickapiōtake
11Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
12Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
13Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

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 Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-