Requisite
/ˈrɛkwɪzɪt/noun
Something that is necessary or required.
Did you know?Requisite entered English through legal and formal usage, and its deeper Latin ancestor is tied to the same root as *seek*—so necessity and searching are literally related.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sēkʷ-
“to seek, follow after”
Latin
Latin
quaerere
“to seek, ask, search for”
Latin
Latin
requisitus
“sought out, required”
Old French
Old French
requis
“required, necessary”
Middle English
English
requisite
“required, necessary”