Where does “drapeless” come from?

drapeless (English) comes from English drape, from Middle English drape, from Old French draper, from Old French drap, from Latin drappum — accusative singular of drappus.

drapeless (English): Without a drape or drapes

Definitions

  1. Without a drape or drapes

Ancestry of “drapeless”, step by step

drapeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English drape

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrapeA curtain; a drapery; The way in which fabric...
2Middle Englishdrapea drape
3Old Frenchdraperto drape; to full cloth; to drape", "also", "to...
4Old Frenchdrapsheet or covering; clothing
5Latindrappumaccusative singular of drappus

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 Latin drappum →