Where does “urgente” come from?

urgente (Portuguese) comes from Latin urgēns, from Latin urgeō, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

urgente (Portuguese): urgent

Definitions

  1. urgent

Ancestry of “urgente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinurgēnsurging
2Latinurgeōto press, push, force, drive, urge (forward); to stimulate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

Words derived from “urgente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Latin urgeō →Every word from Latin urgēns →