Where does “gantryless” come from?

gantryless (English) comes from English gantry, from Old French chantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius — trellis, sort of frame.

gantryless (English): Without a gantry

Definitions

  1. Without a gantry

Ancestry of “gantryless”, step by step

gantryless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gantry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgantryA framework of steel bars resting on side...
2Old Frenchchantier—
3Late Latincantarium—
4Latincanteriustrellis, sort of frame

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 canterius →Every word from Late Latin cantarium →Every word from Old French chantier →