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Where does “necessitatus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “necessitatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnecessitās—
2Latinnecesseunavoidable, "particularly"
3Latincessusconceded, given up, granted, surrendered,...
4Latincēdō—
5Proto-Italickedōgive here!
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “necessitatus”

  • necessitate
  • necessitative
  • unnecessitate
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