Where does “exigentia” come from?

exigentia (Latin) comes from Latin exigere, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

exigentia (Latin): urgency, exigency; emergency

Definitions

  1. urgency, exigency; emergency

Ancestry of “exigentia”, step by step

exigentia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin exigere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexigeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Latin exigēns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexigēnsdriving out, demanding, weighing, examining

Words derived from “exigentia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →