Where does “cueless” come from?

cueless (English) comes from English cue, from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.

cueless (English): Without a cue

Definitions

  1. Without a cue

Ancestry of “cueless”, step by step

cueless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcueAn action or event that is a signal for somebody...
2EnglishqueueAn animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or...
3Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
4Middle Frenchqueu
5Old Frenchcuetail
6Vulgar Latincodatail
7LatincaudaA tail
8Proto-Italickaudātail
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂

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 “cueless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂
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