Where does “cursorless” come from?

cursorless (English) comes from English cursor, from Latin Cursor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

cursorless (English): Without a cursor or cursors

Definitions

  1. Without a cursor or cursors

Ancestry of “cursorless”, step by step

cursorless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cursor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcursora part of any of several scientific instruments...
2LatinCursorfamously held by
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

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 -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin Cursor →