Where does “turretless” come from?

turretless (English) comes from English turret, from Middle English touret, from Old French torete, from Latin Turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις, from Ancient Greek τύρσις — tower, bastion.

turretless (English): Without a turret or turrets

Definitions

  1. Without a turret or turrets

Ancestry of “turretless”, step by step

turretless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English turret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishturretA little tower, frequently a merely ornamental...
2Middle Englishtouret—
3Old Frenchtorete—
4LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
5Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
6Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion

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 Ancient Greek τύρσις →Every word from Ancient Greek τύρρις →Every word from Latin Turris →