Where does “necessity” come from?

Necessity comes from Middle English necessite, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitas, derived from the Latin suffix -tas added to necessitus, the past participle of cedo meaning "to yield," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne and Proto-Italic ke.

necessity (English): The quality or state of being necessary,...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being necessary,...

Ancestry of “necessity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnecessite
2Old Frenchnecessite
3Latinnecessitāsnecessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency
4Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
5Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
6Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
7Proto-Italickedōgive here!
8Proto-Italickehere
9Indo-European*ḱe

Words derived from “necessity

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe