'namelessness' originates from Old English, specifically the word 'nameless,' where 'name' meant 'a word by which a person or thing is known' and '-less' meant 'without.'

'nameless' changed from the Old English word 'namelēas' and eventually became the modern English word 'nameless.'

Initially, it meant 'without a name,' and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.