Where does “urgente” come from?

urgente (French) comes from French urgent, from Latin urgentem, from Latin urgens, from Latin urgeo, from Proto-Italic worɣēō, from Proto-Indo-European w(o)rǵʰ-eye-, from Proto-Indo-European werǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

urgente (French): feminine singular of urgent

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of urgent

Ancestry of “urgente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchurgenturgent
2Latinurgentemaccusative masculine singular of urgēns;...
3Latinurgensurging
4LatinurgeoI press, push, force, drive, urge; I weigh down,...
5Proto-Italicworɣēō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanw(o)rǵʰ-eye-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵʰ-bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr-Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵʰ-