Etymology

exigent

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Today it means: Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action. Full definition →

Latin exigēns ← Proto-Italic *agō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  8. Proto-Italic*agō
  9. Latinagō
  10. Latinexigō
  11. Latinexigēns
  12. English todayexigent

From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.

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