Where does “sponsorless” come from?

sponsorless (English) comes from English sponsor, from Latin sponsor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

sponsorless (English): Without a sponsor

Definitions

  1. Without a sponsor

Ancestry of “sponsorless”, step by step

sponsorless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sponsor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsponsorA person or organisation with some sort of...
2Latinsponsora bondsman, surety
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

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 -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin sponsor →