Where does “siteless” come from?

siteless (English) comes from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

siteless (English): Without sites

Definitions

  1. Without sites

Ancestry of “siteless”, step by step

siteless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English site

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiteSorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;...
2Middle Englishsitesorrow, grief
3Anglo-Normansitesite; location
4Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

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

Words derived from “siteless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus