Where does “toastless” come from?
toastless (English) comes from English toast, from Middle English tosten, from Old French toster, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.
toastless (English): Without toast
Ancestry of “toastless”, step by step
toastless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English toast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | toast | Toasted bread; A proposed salutation while... |
| 2 | Middle English | tosten | To toast; to brown bread; To burn or heat |
| 3 | Old French | toster | to roast, grill |
| 4 | Latin | tostus | roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *torstos | — |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |