Where does “manureless” come from?

manureless (English) comes from English manure, from Middle English maynouren, from Old French manovrer, from Latin manuoperare, from Latin operārī, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός — to follow; to see; to say.

manureless (English): Without manure

Definitions

  1. Without manure

Ancestry of “manureless”, step by step

manureless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English manure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmanureTo cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to...
2Middle EnglishmaynourenTo supervise, reign; to exercise one's authority;...
3Old Frenchmanovrerto work, especially manual work; to make; to...
4Latinmanuoperare
5Latinoperārī
6LatinOpusThe capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus
7Ancient GreekὈποῦςOpus, Greece
8Ancient Greekὀπόςjuice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice
9Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷósjuice of plants
10Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

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 Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-