Where does “lintless” come from?

lintless (English) comes from English lint, from Middle English lynet, from Old French linette, from Old French lin, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lintless (English): That does not contain, or does not shed lint

Definitions

  1. That does not contain, or does not shed lint

Ancestry of “lintless”, step by step

lintless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlintA fine material made by scraping cotton or linen...
2Middle Englishlynetlint; linen; flax or fabric made of it
3Old Frenchlinettegrain of flax
4Old Frenchlinline
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

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 “lintless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →