English
requisite
Requisite comes from Latin requīsītus ‘required, needed’, and goes back to quaerō ‘to seek, look for’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquaerō‘to seek, look for’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequīrō‘to require, seek, ask for’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequīsītus‘required, needed’perfect passive participle of requīrō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588requisite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquaerō‘to seek, look for’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequīrō‘to require, seek, ask for’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErequīsītus‘required, needed’perfect passive participle of requīrō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588requisite
Earliest quotation: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “They ſay he is the King of Perſea. But…”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- ‘to acquire’
through Proto-Italic *kʷaizō
conquest, questionnaire, 10 more
through Latin quaerō ‘to seek, look for’
quest, inquiry, conquer, acquisition, query, enquiry, inquire, exquisite, inquisition, inquisitor, 12 more
through Latin requīsītus ‘required, needed’
Today it means
adj Essential, indispensable, required.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quaerō / requisite