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
Definitions
- In a necessitous way
Ancestry of “necessitously”, step by step
necessitously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English necessitous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency |
| 6 | Latin | necesse | unavoidable, "particularly" |
| 7 | Latin | cessus | conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,... |
| 8 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 11 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |