Where does “nécessaire” come from?
nécessaire (Italian) comes from French nécessaire, from Italian necessario, from Latin necessārius, from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke.
nécessaire (Italian): overnight bag or case
Definitions
- overnight bag or case
Ancestry of “nécessaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nécessaire | necessary; kit |
| 2 | Italian | necessario | necessary; indispensable; required |
| 3 | Latin | necessārius | unavoidable, inevitable |
| 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 | — |