Where does “quoteless” come from?

quoteless (English) comes from English quote, from Middle English quoten, from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotare, from Latin quot, from Proto-Italic *kʷot.

quoteless (English): Without quotations; quotationless; Without...

Definitions

  1. Without quotations; quotationless; Without...

Ancestry of “quoteless”, step by step

quoteless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English quote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquoteA quotation; a statement attributed to a person;...
2Middle Englishquoten—
3Old Frenchcoter—
4Medieval Latinquotareto distinguish by numbers, number chapters
5Latinquothow many; as many
6Proto-Italic*kʷot—

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 *kʷot →Every word from Latin quot →Every word from Medieval Latin quotare →