English
exigence
Exigence comes from French exigence ‘demand’, and goes back to Latin exigentia ‘urgency, exigency’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexigentia‘urgency, exigency’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexigence‘demand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1811same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexigentia‘urgency, exigency’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexigence‘demand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1811same form
Earliest quotation: 1811, Jane Austen, London: […] C[harles] Roworth: “Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to…”
Every English word from Latin exigentia
Today it means
noun Exigency.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exigentia / exigence