keyless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *kaiju
Old English cǣġ
Middle English keye
English key
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 keyless

    From key + -less.

    Adjective

    keyless (not comparable)

    1. Lacking or not requiring a key.
      • 2007 April 14, Micheline Maynard, “Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 December 2025:
        Today’s keyless models use a fob — the small remote control device that most modern cars use to lock and unlock doors — but it performs the additional duty of sending a signal to the ignition.

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