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Where does “necessitude” come from?

necessitude (English) comes from Latin necessitudo, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

necessitude (English): The state or characteristic of being in need;...

Definitions

  1. The state or characteristic of being in need;...

Ancestry of “necessitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnecessitudonecessity, need; distress; relationship,...
2Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
3Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
4Latincēdō—
5Proto-Italickedōgive here!
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—
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