Where does “grassless” come from?

grassless (English) comes from Middle English greceles, from Middle English -les, from Turkish -le, from Turkish ile, from Ottoman Turkish ایله, from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَه, from Proto-Turkic bile — with, together, also.

grassless (English): Lacking grass

Definitions

  1. Lacking grass

Ancestry of “grassless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgrecelesgrassless
2Middle English-lesLacking (something); without (something)
3Turkish-lewith, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form...
4Turkishilewith; and
5Ottoman Turkishایلهby
6Old Anatolian Turkishاِیلَه—
7Proto-Turkicbilewith, together, also

Words derived from “grassless”

Every word from Proto-Turkic bile →Every word from Middle English -les →Every word from Turkish -le →