Etymology of the English word exigency
the English word
exigencyderived from the Latin word
exigentia (urgency, exigency; emergency)
derived from the Latin word
exigensderived from the Latin word
exigere (drive out, expel; finish)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
agere (to drive; drive, urge, conduct)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ag-using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsUsage
Word found in Modern English
