Where does “villageless” come from?

villageless (English) comes from English village, from Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villaticus, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

villageless (English): Without villages

Definitions

  1. Without villages

Ancestry of “villageless”, step by step

villageless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English village

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvillageA rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a...
2Middle Englishvillage
3Old Frenchvillage
4Latinvillaticusrelated to a vīlla
5Latinvīllacountry house; villa
6Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
7Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-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 -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin vetus