Where does “urge” come from?

urge (Italian) comes from Italian urgere, from Latin urgeō, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

urge (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “urge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianurgereto urge, to press; to stimulate, to rouse; to be...
2Latinurgeōto press, push, force, drive, urge (forward); to stimulate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Latin urgeō →Every word from Italian urgere →