Where does “innecessary” come from?
innecessary (English) comes from English necessary, from Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessārius, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō.
innecessary (English): Not required
Definitions
- Not required
Ancestry of “innecessary”, step by step
innecessary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English necessary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | necessary | Required, essential, whether logically... |
| 2 | Middle English | necessarye | — |
| 3 | Old French | necessaire | — |
| 4 | Latin | necessārius | unavoidable, inevitable |
| 5 | Latin | necesse | unavoidable, "particularly" |
| 6 | Latin | cessus | conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,... |
| 7 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 10 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |