Where does “necessitarian” come from?
necessitarian (English) comes from English necessity, from Middle English necessite, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitās, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō.
necessitarian (English): necessarian; One who maintains the doctrine of...
Definitions
- necessarian; One who maintains the doctrine of...
Ancestry of “necessitarian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | necessity | The quality or state of being necessary,... |
| 2 | Middle English | necessite | — |
| 3 | Old French | necessite | — |
| 4 | Latin | necessitās | necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency |
| 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 | — |