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

  1. In a necessitous way

Ancestry of “necessitously”, step by step

necessitously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English necessitous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnecessitousNeedy, indigent, destitute, poor; Lacking;...
2EnglishnecessityThe quality or state of being necessary,...
3Middle Englishnecessite
4Old Frenchnecessite
5Latinnecessitāsnecessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency
6Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
7Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
8Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
9Proto-Italickedōgive here!
10Proto-Italickehere
11Indo-European*ḱe

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe