Where does “spadeless” come from?

spadeless (English) comes from English spade, from Italian spade, from Italian spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.

spadeless (English): Without a spade

Definitions

Without a spade

Ancestry of “spadeless”, step by step

spadeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English spade

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	spade	A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for...
2	Italian	spade	plural of spada
3	Italian	spata	spathe
4	Latin	spatha	spatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,...
5	Ancient Greek	σπάθη	any broad blade, of wood or metal
6	Proto-Indo-European	sph₂-dʰ-	—

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	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek σπάθη →Every word from Latin spatha →