Where does “urge” come from?
urge (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese urgir, from Latin urgere, from Latin urgeo, from Proto-Italic worɣēō, from Proto-Indo-European w(o)rǵʰ-eye-, from Proto-Indo-European werǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
urge (Portuguese): third-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “urge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | urgir | to be urgent, pressing; to act urgently, in a... |
| 2 | Latin | urgere | present active infinitive of urgeō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | urgeo | I press, push, force, drive, urge; I weigh down,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | worɣēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | w(o)rǵʰ-eye- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵʰ- | bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |