Where does “urgently” come from?
Urgently derives from English urgent, from Middle French urgent, from Latin urgens, the present participle of urgere meaning "to press or drive forward," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-.
urgently (English): With great haste, with a sense of urgency,...
Definitions
- With great haste, with a sense of urgency,...
Ancestry of “urgently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 2 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 3 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 4 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 5 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |