needlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English needless

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English needlessness

From needless + -ness.

Noun

needlessness (plural needlessnesses)

1. The state or characteristic of being needless.

   Synonyms: gratuitousness, unnecessariness, unnecessity

Translations

the state or characteristic of being needless

• Hungarian: szükségtelenség