Where does “urgent” come from?
Urgent comes from Middle French urgent, from Latin urgens, the present participle of urgeo, meaning to press or drive, from Proto-Indo-European werǵʰ-.
urgent (English): Requiring immediate attention
Definitions
- Requiring immediate attention
Ancestry of “urgent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | urgent | pressing, impelling |
| 2 | Latin | urgēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | urgeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
Words derived from “urgent”