Where does “necessite” come from?
necessite (Middle English) comes from Old French necessite, 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 “necessite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | necessite | — |
| 2 | Latin | necessitās | necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency |
| 3 | Latin | necesse | unavoidable, "particularly" |
| 4 | Latin | cessus | conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,... |
| 5 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 8 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |