requirement

/ɹɪˈkwaɪəmənt/rih-KWYR-muhnt

/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/rih-KWYR-muhnt

Meaningsomething required

Common meaning: a need or condition

reagain; back
quirto seek, askLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1501 · scan
mentnoun ending: act or result

‘again’ + ‘to seek, ask’ → requirement

Journey through time

Latinquaerō, quaesīvī, quaesītum‘to seek, ask’
Old Frenchrequerirsource
Middle Englishrequirensource
Englishrequire‘to need’
Englishformed in English from requirerequirement‘a need or condition’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from require + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REQUIRE, p.503 · scan

Roots

quaerō, quaesīvī, quaesītum Latin “to seek, ask”

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