Where does “featureless” come from?
Featureless derives from Middle English -les (meaning without or lacking) combined with feature, which comes from Latin factura (a making or fashioning), ultimately from Latin facio (to make or do).
featureless (English): Without distinguishing features
Definitions
- Without distinguishing features
Ancestry of “featureless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feature | One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily... |
| 2 | Middle English | feture | One's form or bodily profile; the overall... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | feture | Alternative form of faiture |
| 4 | Old French | faiture | action; act; method; way; manner; form;... |
| 5 | Latin | factura | a making, manufacture; a thing that has been... |
| 6 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |