Where does “urgence” come from?

urgence (English) comes from English urgency, from English urgent, from Middle French urgent, from Latin urgēns, from Latin urgeō, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

urgence (English): Archaic form of urgency

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of urgency

Ancestry of “urgence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishurgencyThe quality or condition of being urgent;...
2EnglishurgentRequiring immediate attention
3Middle Frenchurgentpressing, impelling
4Latinurgēnsurging
5Latinurgeōto press, push, force, drive, urge (forward); to stimulate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Latin urgeō →Every word from Latin urgēns →