Where does “necessitously” come from?
necessitously (English) comes from English necessitous, from English necessity, from Middle English necessite, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitās, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō.
necessitously (English): In a necessitous way
Ancestry of “necessitously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | necessitous | Needy, indigent, destitute, poor; Lacking;... |
| 2 | English | necessity | The quality or state of being necessary,... |
| 3 | Middle English | necessite | — |
| 4 | Old French | necessite | — |
| 5 | Latin | necessitās | — |
| 6 | Latin | necesse | unavoidable, "particularly" |
| 7 | Latin | cessus | conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,... |
| 8 | Latin | cēdō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 11 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |