Where does “modelessness” come from?

modelessness (English) comes from English modeless, from English mode, from French mode, from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

modelessness (English): The property of being modeless

Definitions

  1. The property of being modeless

Ancestry of “modelessness”, step by step

modelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English modeless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodelessNot modal; not having separate modes in which...
2EnglishmodeOne of several ancient Greek scales; One of...
3Frenchmodefashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,...
4Middle Frenchmode
5Old Frenchmode
6Latinmodusmeasure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-