English word needless comes from English -less (Lacking (something); without (something).), English need

Detailed word origin of needless

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
-less	English (eng)	Lacking (something); without (something).
need	English (eng)	(countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.. Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.. (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).. (obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).. (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.. (transitive) To want strongly; to feel [...]
needless	English (eng)	Not needed; unnecessary.

Words with the same origin as needless