Where does “metalless” come from?

metalless (English) comes from English metal, from French métal, from German metall, from Italian metallo, from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal, from Latin metallum — to mine, quarry.

metalless (English): Without metal

Definitions

  1. Without metal

Ancestry of “metalless”, step by step

metalless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmetal"Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where...
2Frenchmétalmetal
3Germanmetallmetal
4Italianmetallometal
5Spanishmetalmetal
6Old Spanishmetalmetal
7Old Frenchmétalmetal material
8Latinmetallummetal; precious metals, especially gold or...
9Ancient GreekμέταλλονA mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal
10Ancient Greekμέταλλευεινto mine, quarry

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 Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν →Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλον →Every word from Latin metallum →