Where does “nonnecessity” come from?
nonnecessity (English) comes from English necessity, from Middle English necessite, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitās, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō.
nonnecessity (English): That which is not a necessity
Definitions
- That which is not a necessity
Ancestry of “nonnecessity”, step by step
nonnecessity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English necessity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | necessity | The quality or state of being necessary,... |
| 2 | Middle English | necessite | — |
| 3 | Old French | necessite | — |
| 4 | Latin | necessitās | necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency |
| 5 | Latin | necesse | unavoidable, "particularly" |
| 6 | Latin | cessus | conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,... |
| 7 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 10 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |