Etymograph

English

Necessitas

Necessitas comes from Latin necessitās ‘necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion,…’, from cessus ‘conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né ‘not’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*né‘not’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méh₁‘prohibitive particle: "don't ...!"’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*néh₁reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nē‘not’reconstructed
  5. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEnei
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcessus‘conceded, given up, granted, surrendered, yielded, having been given up’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecesse‘unavoidable’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecessitās‘necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency’
  9. EnglishtodayNecessitas

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*né‘not’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méh₁‘prohibitive particle: "don't ...!"’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*néh₁reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nē‘not’reconstructed
  5. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEnei
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcessus‘conceded, given up, granted, surrendered, yielded, having been given up’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecesse‘unavoidable’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecessitās‘necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency’
  9. EnglishtodayNecessitas

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *né ‘not’

no, na, negotiate, ne, renegade, negotiator, 15 more

through Archaic Latin nei

negative, negate, renege, 5 more

Today it means

name The personification of absolute necessity; Ananke.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *né / Necessitas

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