Where does “necessitousness” come from?
necessitousness (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.
necessitousness (English): The state or condition of impoverishment;...
Definitions
- The state or condition of impoverishment;...
Ancestry of “necessitousness”, step by step
| 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 | — |