Etymology of the English word necessary
the English word
necessaryderived from the Old French word
necessairederived from the Latin word
necessarius (inevitable, fateful; urgent; necessary, needed, essential; relative; connection, one closely connected by friendship)
derived from the Latin word
necesse (necessary, essential; unavoidable)
derived from the Latin word
nederived from the Latin word
cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ked- (to yield)
Date
The earliest known usage of necessary in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
necessarian,
necessarilyCognates
Dutch
necessaire, French
nécessaire, German
Necessaire, Italian
necessario, Latin
necesse, Norwegian
necessär, Provençal
necessari, Swedish
necessärUsage
Word found in Modern English
