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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

  1. The state or condition of impoverishment;...

Ancestry of “necessitousness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnecessitousNeedy, indigent, destitute, poor; Lacking;...
2EnglishnecessityThe quality or state of being necessary,...
3Middle Englishnecessite—
4Old Frenchnecessite—
5Latinnecessitās—
6Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
7Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
8Latincēdō—
9Proto-Italickedōgive here!
10Proto-Italickehere
11Indo-European*ḱe—
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