Where does “urgency” come from?
Urgency comes from Middle French urgence, from Latin urgentia, derived from the Latin verb urgēre meaning to push or drive, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European werǵʰ-.
urgency (English): The quality or condition of being urgent;...
Definitions
- The quality or condition of being urgent;...
Ancestry of “urgency”, step by step
urgency traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English urgent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | urgent | Requiring immediate attention |
| 2 | Middle French | urgent | pressing, impelling |
| 3 | Latin | urgēns | urging |
| 4 | Latin | urgeō | to press, push, force, drive, urge (forward); to stimulate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via Late Latin urgentia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | urgentia | nominative neuter plural of urgēns; accusative... |