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