'bandlessness' originates from English, specifically formed from the noun 'band' combined with the suffixes '-less' and '-ness', where 'band' meant 'binding, tie, or group', '-less' meant 'without', and '-ness' meant 'state or quality'.

'band' comes from Old English/Old Norse roots (Old English 'bann'/'band', Old Norse 'band'), passing into Middle English as 'band'; the negative suffix '-less' is from Old English '-lēas', and the noun-forming '-ness' from Old English '-nes(s)'; these elements combined in Modern English to form 'bandlessness'.

Initially 'band' primarily meant 'a binding or tie' and later extended to senses like 'ring, strip, or a group/ensemble'; thus 'bandlessness' has evolved to denote the absence of a band in any of those senses (no ring/stripe, or no group/ensemble).