Where does “terraceless” come from?

terraceless (English) comes from English terrace, from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terraceless (English): Without a terrace

Definitions

  1. Without a terrace

Ancestry of “terraceless”, step by step

terraceless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English terrace

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishterraceA platform that extends outwards from a building;...
2Frenchterrasseterrace; first-person singular imperfect...
3Old Occitanterrassa—
4Vulgar Latinterraceus—
5Old Occitanterraland
6LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

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 ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old Occitan terra →