English
necessitude
Necessitude comes from Latin necessitūdō ‘necessity, need’, from cessus ‘conceded, given up, granted, surrendered,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘here’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱe‘here’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘concede, give up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcessus‘conceded, given up, granted, surrendered, yielded, having been given up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecesse‘necessary’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecessitūdō‘necessity, need’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678necessitude
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱe‘here’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘concede, give up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcessus‘conceded, given up, granted, surrendered, yielded, having been given up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecesse‘necessary’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnecessitūdō‘necessity, need’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678necessitude
Earliest quotation: 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, London: […] E. Flesher: “The relation and necessitude is trifling and loose, and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘here’
here, among, conference, competition, consider, concrete, cum, commodity, compulsory, compel, connotation, condiment, limbed, condescend, 14 more
through Latin cēdō ‘concede, give up’
process, success, procedure, succeed, cease, excess, accessible, precedent, predecessor, recession, concede, concession, recess, accession, cessation, secession, cede, intercession, 29 more
Today it means
noun The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱe / necessitude