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Where does “featurelessness” come from?

featurelessness (English) comes from English featureless, from English feature, from Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factura, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō.

featurelessness (English): The state or condition of being featureless

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being featureless

Ancestry of “featurelessness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeaturelessWithout distinguishing features
2EnglishfeatureOne's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily...
3Middle EnglishfetureOne's form or bodily profile; the overall...
4Anglo-NormanfetureAlternative form of faiture
5Old Frenchfaitureaction; act; method; way; manner; form;...
6Latinfacturaa making, manufacture; a thing that has been...
7Latinfactusdone, made, having been done or made; became
8Latinfaciō—
9Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
10Latin-tōrius—
11Latin-tor-er
12Proto-Italic-tōr—
13Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
14Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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