require

Where does the word "require" come from? It comes from Latin requirere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Require’s story begins in Latin: requirere meant “to seek again, to need.” To seek again, to need, from re- (again) and quaerere (to seek). It reached English by 1300s as require. Settled as the English word for needing something as necessary. Today, require means to need something for a particular purpose, or to demand it.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient requirere "to seek again, to need", to seek again, to need, from re- (again) and quaerere (to seek).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s require "to need something as necessary or essential", settled as the English word for needing something as necessary.