Where does “necessitate” come from?
Necessitate comes from Medieval Latin necessitatus, derived from Latin necessito, from Latin necessitas meaning "unavoidability," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne and Proto-Italic ke.
necessitate (English): To make necessary; to require to be brought...
Definitions
- To make necessary; to require to be brought...
Ancestry of “necessitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | necessitatus | — |
| 2 | Latin | necessitās | necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency |
| 3 | Latin | necesse | unavoidable, "particularly" |
| 4 | Latin | cessus | conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,... |
| 5 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 8 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |