Where does “spikeless” come from?

spikeless (English) comes from English Spike, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.

spikeless (English): Without a spike or spikes

Definitions

  1. Without a spike or spikes

Ancestry of “spikeless”, step by step

spikeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Spike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSpikeA sort of very large nail
2Middle Dutchspīker—
3Old Dutchspīkāri—
4Proto-West Germanicspīkārīgranary
5Latinspicariumgranary
6Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
7Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
8Proto-Italic*-om—
9Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

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 *-oHom →