necessity的词源

英文词源

necessity (n.)

late 14c., "constraining power of circumstances," from Old French necessité "need, necessity; privation, poverty; distress, torment; obligation, duty" (12c.), from Latin necessitatem (nominative necessitas) "compulsion, need for attention, unavoidableness, destiny," from necesse (see necessary). Meaning "condition of being in need" in English is from late 15c.

Necessity is the Mother of Invention. [Richard Franck, c. 1624-1708, English author and angler, "Northern Memoirs," 1658]

To maken vertu of necessite is in Chaucer. Related: Necessities.

中文词源

necessity：必然，必然性

来自necessary,必要的，必需的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：necessity 词源，necessity 含义。

necessity：必要(性)，(迫切)需要，必需品

词根词缀： ne-否定 + -cess-行走,退让→离开 + -ity名词词尾 → 离不开的