Where does “printerless” come from?

printerless (English) comes from English printer, from English print, from Middle English printen, from Middle English emprinten, from Old French empreinter, from Old French empreindre, from Latin imprimere, from Latin imprimo — in.

printerless (English): Without a printer

Definitions

  1. Without a printer

Ancestry of “printerless”, step by step

printerless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English printer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprinterOne who makes prints; The operator of a printing...
2EnglishprintOf, relating to, or writing for printed...
3Middle Englishprinten—
4Middle Englishemprinten—
5Old Frenchempreinter—
6Old Frenchempreindre—
7Latinimprimeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8LatinimprimoI press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

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 h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →