{"era":"current","word":"urgency","meaning":"the quality of being urgent or requiring prompt action","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"urgent + -cy","meaning":"formed from urgent plus the noun-forming suffix -cy","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"urgent","meaning":"pressing; requiring immediate attention","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"urgens","meaning":"pressing, urgent","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"urgere","meaning":"to press, drive, urge","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}