Cameraless

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not equipped with a camera, such as a phone, device or vehicle that cannot record images
2. Describing something that has no camera built into or attached to it
3. Without any camera, so unable to take photographs or capture video footage

Etymology: "Cameraless" is a plain compound: the English noun "camera" with the suffix "-less", meaning "without a camera." The suffix traces back to Old English "-lēas," a word for "free from" or "lacking," which survived in Middle English as "-les" before settling into the "-less" spelling used today. The first half has a longer and more layered history. "Camera" came into English from Latin "camera," which in turn was borrowed from ancient Greek "kamára," meaning a vault or arched room. The Latin word was used for a chamber or room, and that sense of an enclosed space is the thread that eventually led to the device.