Where does “modelless” come from?

modelless (English) comes from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

modelless (English): Not assuming any particular pore shape, but based...

Definitions

  1. Not assuming any particular pore shape, but based...

Ancestry of “modelless”, step by step

modelless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English model

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodelA person who serves as a subject for artwork or...
2Middle Frenchmodelletemplate; model; model; replica; reconstruction
3Old Italianmodello
4Vulgar Latinmodellus
5Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

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 -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus
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