Morpheme
Need
Type
free base
Denotation
necessity, compulsion, want, requirement, desire, longing, wish, urge
Etymology
Middle English need, nede; merger of Old English nīed, nēd, nēad and Old English nēod
Evidence
needed, needfire, needful, needfully, needily, neediness, needing, needlessly, needlessness, needs, needways, needworthy, needy, unneeded, unneedy
