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requisite (adjective):
: needed for a particular purpose : essential, necessary
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : The origin of this word begins with the Latin verb quaerere, which means “to ask” or “to seek.” That word is ancestor to a number of English words, including acquire, require, inquiry, question, quest, and, of course, requisite. From quaerere came requirere, meaning “to ask again.” Repeated requests can express a need, and the past participle of the Latin word requirere, which is requisitus, came to mean “needed” or “necessary.” English acquired requisite when it was adopted into Middle English back in the 1400s.
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