Where does “margarineless” come from?

margarineless (English) comes from English margarine, from French margarine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

margarineless (English): Without margarine

Definitions

  1. Without margarine

Ancestry of “margarineless”, step by step

margarineless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English margarine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmargarineA spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable...
2Frenchmargarinemargarine
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

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 -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a