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The root of "none the less" or "never the less" might be "no less" or "no less than", with "none" being tangible and "never" being temporal. It seems to be a comparative phrase. It is usually used in the second half of a sentence after a comma (like the word "but" or "even though"). "None the less" is probably often mis-used: "He's having a hard time learning english, none the less he is very smart." sounds better as . . . "He's having a hard time learning english, but he is very smart none the less." and the possible root term . . . "He's having a hard time learning english, but he is no less smart for it."
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