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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

  1. To make necessary; to require to be brought...

Ancestry of “necessitate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinnecessitatus—
2Latinnecessitās—
3Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
4Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
5Latincēdō—
6Proto-Italickedōgive here!
7Proto-Italickehere
8Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “necessitate”

  • necessitative
  • unnecessitate
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →