Where does “sultanless” come from?

sultanless (English) comes from English sultan, from Middle French sultan, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان, from Arabic سُلْطَان, from Aramaic שולטנא — power, authority, sway; rule, government, office;...

sultanless (English): Without a sultan

Definitions

  1. Without a sultan

Ancestry of “sultanless”, step by step

sultanless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sultan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsultanThe holder of a secular office, formally...
2Middle Frenchsultansultan ruler of a Muslim state
3Ottoman Turkishسلطانsultan
4Arabicسُلْطَانruler, king; sultan
5Aramaicשולטנאpower, authority, sway; rule, government, office;...

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 Aramaic שולטנא →Every word from Arabic سُلْطَان →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سلطان →