Where does “imageless” come from?

imageless (English) comes from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn- — in.

imageless (English): Lacking an image

Definitions

  1. Lacking an image

Ancestry of “imageless”, step by step

imageless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English image

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
2Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
3Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
4Spanishimagenimage
5Italianimmagineimage; imago
6Latinimāginem
7Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

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

Words derived from “imageless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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