English
stapleless
From staple + -less.
Formed from staple + -less
Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- ‘post, stem’
…
Frankish *stapul
Late Latin stapula
Anglo-Norman estaple
Middle English staple
English staple
Today it means
adj Without staples.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stapleless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / stapleless