Where does “commissureless” come from?

commissureless (English) comes from English commissure, from Latin commissura, from Latin commissus, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

commissureless (English): That lacks a commissure

Definitions

  1. That lacks a commissure

Ancestry of “commissureless”, step by step

commissureless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English commissure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcommissureThe joint between two bones; A band of nerve...
2LatincommissuraA joining or connecting together; a band, knot,...
3Latincommissuscommitted, having been committed
4LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

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 gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-
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