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necessitās
3 English words descend from Latin
necessitās
, most common first.
necessity
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
necessitate
To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
Necessitas
The personification of absolute necessity; Ananke.