Where does “cottonless” come from?

cottonless (English) comes from English Cotton, from Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, from Middle English coton, from Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن, from Arabic قُطْن — cotton.

cottonless (English): Without cotton

Definitions

  1. Without cotton

Ancestry of “cottonless”, step by step

cottonless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Cotton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCottonThe name of several settlements around the world
2Middle Englishcotoun
3Anglo-Normancotun
4Middle Englishcotoncotton fiber of
5Old Frenchcotouncotton; a piece of cotton
6Italiancotonecotton; cotton wool
7Arabicقُطُن
8Arabicقُطْنcotton

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 Arabic قُطْن
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