effectless

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin efficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin effectuslbor.

Old French effectbor.

Middle English effect

English effect

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English effectless

From effect + -less.

effectless (comparative more effectless, superlative most effectless)

Having no effect or advantage.
- 1981 February 7, Michael Bronski, “Fassbinder On Terrorism”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 10:
  In In a Year of Thirteen Moons the transsexual Elvira makes every attempt to negate her/his will and render her/his-self effectless.