Where does “textless” come from?

textless (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

textless (English): Without text

Definitions

  1. Without text

Ancestry of “textless”, step by step

textless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English text

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextA writing consisting of multiple glyphs,...
2Middle Englishtext
3Old Frenchtextetext
4Medieval Latintextusthe Scriptures, text, treatise; text
5Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-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

Words derived from “textless

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus