Etymology

Necessitas

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Today it means: The personification of absolute necessity; Ananke. Full definition →

Latin necessitās
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromnecessitās
  2. English todayNecessitas

Learned borrowing from Latin necessitās. Doublet of necessity.

Words from the same roots

Latinnecessitās all →

necessitynecessitate

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