Where does “matless” come from?

matless (English) comes from English Mat, from English matinée, from French matinée, from Middle French matinee, from Old French matinee, from Old French matin, from Latin mātūtīnus, from Latin -īnus — adjectival suffix.

matless (English): Without a mat

Definitions

  1. Without a mat

Ancestry of “matless”, step by step

matless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Mat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMata Malay man
2EnglishmatinéeAlternative spelling of matinee
3Frenchmatinéemorning
4Middle Frenchmatineemorning
5Old Frenchmatineemorning
6Old Frenchmatinmorning
7Latinmātūtīnusmorning
8Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
9Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
10Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
11Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

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 -no- →