Where does “textlessly” come from?

textlessly (English) comes from English textless, 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.

textlessly (English): Without text

Definitions

  1. Without text

Ancestry of “textlessly”, step by step

textlessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English textless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextlessWithout text
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 ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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