Where does “exigence” come from?
Exigence comes from French exigence, derived from Latin exigentia, a noun formed with the Latin suffix -ia from Latin exigere, meaning "to drive out or demand," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- meaning "to drive."
exigence (English): exigency
Definitions
- exigency
Ancestry of “exigence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | exigence | demand |
| 2 | Latin | exigentia | urgency, exigency; emergency |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |