Where does “nécessiteux” come from?
nécessiteux (French) comes from French nécessité, from Old French necessite, from Latin necessitās, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke.
nécessiteux (French): needy
Definitions
- needy
Ancestry of “nécessiteux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nécessité | necessity; need |
| 2 | Old French | necessite | — |
| 3 | Latin | necessitās | necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency |
| 4 | Latin | necesse | unavoidable, "particularly" |
| 5 | Latin | cessus | conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,... |
| 6 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 9 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |