Where does “visorless” come from?

visorless (English) comes from English visor, from Middle English viser, from Old French visiere, from Old French vis, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

visorless (English): Without a visor

Definitions

  1. Without a visor

Ancestry of “visorless”, step by step

visorless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English visor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvisorA part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or...
2Middle Englishviser—
3Old Frenchvisiere—
4Old Frenchvisface; opinion
5Latinvīsushaving been seen
6Proto-Celticwissosknown
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

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 weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →