Where does “mountainless” come from?

mountainless (English) comes from English Mountain, from Middle English mountayne, from Anglo-Norman montaigne, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti, from Portuguese Monte.

mountainless (English): Without mountains

Definitions

  1. Without mountains

Ancestry of “mountainless”, step by step

mountainless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Mountain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMountaina steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement
2Middle EnglishmountayneA mountain; a mount or peak; A lump or pile
3Anglo-Normanmontaigne—
4Latinmontāniamountainous area
5Latinmontemaccusative singular of mōns; mountain
6Latinmonsmountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmonti—
8PortugueseMontemount; a mountain or large hill
9Old Portuguesemonte—

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 Old Portuguese monte →