Where does “popless” come from?

popless (English) comes from English POP, from English popular, from Middle English populer, from Old French populaire, from Latin populāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

popless (English): Without popping sounds

Definitions

  1. Without popping sounds

Ancestry of “popless”, step by step

popless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English POP

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPOPAcronym of point of presence; Acronym of Point of...
2EnglishpopularCommon among the general public; generally...
3Middle EnglishpopulerCommonly known
4Old Frenchpopulaire
5Latinpopulārispopular (by, of or for the people)
6Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
7Latin-ālis
8Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

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-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Latin -āris
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