Where does “quotationless” come from?
quotationless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
quotationless (English): Without quotations
Ancestry of “quotationless”, step by step
quotationless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
via English quotation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | quotation | A fragment of a human expression that is repeated... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | quotatio | — |
| 3 | Latin | quotāre | — |