English word necessity comes from Latin -ius, Latin cedo, French nécessiter (To call for. To require.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-ius | Latin (lat) | Genitive suffix for some irregular pronouns. Forming adjectives from nouns. |
cedo | Latin (lat) | (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 (fr) | To call for. To require. |
necesse | Latin (lat) | Inevitable. Necessary; needed. Unavoidable, particularly:. |
necessitas | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) fate, destiny. (in the plural) necessities, necessary things or expenses. Necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency. |
necessite | Old French (fro) | |
nécessité | French (fr) | Necessity; need. |
necessite | Middle English (enm) | |
necessity | English (en) | (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 [...] |