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English word necessity comes from Latin -ius, Latin cedo, French nécessiter (To call for. To require.)
-ius (Latin)
Genitive suffix for some irregular pronouns. Forming adjectives from nouns.
cedo (Latin)
(intransitive) I am inferior to, yield to in rank.. (intransitive) I disappear, pass away, vanish.. (intransitive) I go, move, proceed, go along, move along.. (intransitive) I result, turn out, happen.. (intransitive) I withdraw, depart, retire, go away from.. (intransitive, military) I withdraw, fall back, give up my post.. (intransitive, with dative or in +acc.) I fall (to) (as a [...]
nécessiter (French)
To call for. To require.
necesse (Latin)
Inevitable. Necessary; needed. Unavoidable, particularly:.
necessitas (Latin)
(figuratively) fate, destiny. (in the plural) necessities, necessary things or expenses. Necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency.
necessite (Old French)
nécessité (French)
Necessity; need.
necessite (Middle English)
necessity (English)
(legal) Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.. (legal, in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power. The condition of [...]