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Where does “necessarius” come from?

necessarius (Latin) comes from Latin necesse, from Latin cessus, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

Ancestry of “necessarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
2Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
3Latincēdō—
4Proto-Italickedōgive here!
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—
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