Where does “textbookless” come from?

textbookless (English) comes from English textbook, from English text, from Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

textbookless (English): Without a textbook

Definitions

  1. Without a textbook

Ancestry of “textbookless”, step by step

textbookless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English textbook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextbookA coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a...
2EnglishtextA writing consisting of multiple glyphs,...
3Middle Englishtext
4Old Frenchtextetext
5Medieval Latintextusthe Scriptures, text, treatise; text
6Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

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 -tus