'storyless' originates from English, specifically the word 'story' + the suffix '-less', where 'story' ultimately derives from Old French 'estorie' and Latin 'historia' meaning 'narrative' and '-less' derives from Old English 'lēas' meaning 'free from' or 'without'.

'story' changed from Old French 'estorie' (from Latin 'historia'), and the adjectival suffix '-less' comes from Old English 'lēas'; the compound 'storyless' developed in Modern English by combining 'story' + '-less' to mean 'without a story'.

Initially 'story' meant 'an account or narrative' (from Latin 'historia'), and when combined with '-less' the meaning 'without narrative' emerged; this basic sense remains in modern usage, with an additional architectural sense 'without multiple storeys'.