'asteriskless' originates from English, specifically composed from 'asterisk' + the suffix '-less', where 'asterisk' ultimately comes from Greek 'asteriskos' (a diminutive of 'aster' meaning 'star') and the suffix '-less' meant 'without'.

'asterisk' changed from Greek word 'asteriskos' into Late Latin/Medieval Latin 'asteriscus', passed into Old French/Latin technical usage, and eventually became the modern English word 'asterisk'; the compound 'asteriskless' is a modern English formation built by adding '-less' to 'asterisk'.

Initially, 'asterisk' referred to a 'little star' (Greek), which later came to denote a small typographical star-shaped mark; 'asteriskless' therefore evolved as a transparent compound meaning 'without that typographical star/mark'.