Requirement
/rɪˈkwaɪər.mənt/noun
Something that is needed or demanded as necessary.
Did you know?Requirement descends from Latin requirere, and the same root family also gave us inquire and require—words built around the idea of actively seeking what must be answered or found.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*quaer-
“to seek, ask, or search for”
Latin
Latin
quaerere
“to seek, ask, inquire, obtain”
Latin
Latin
requirere
“to seek again, demand, require”
Old French
Old French
requerre
“to request, demand, require”
Middle English
English
requirement
“the act of requiring; something demanded or needed”
Modern English
English
requirement
“something necessary or officially demanded”