exigency
‘the state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. exigencie, exegencie, exigency < F. exigence < Lat. exigentia ‘urgency’ < exigentem < exigere ‘demand, require, enforce’ < ex- ‘out’ + agere ‘to set in motion, drive, drive forward; to do, perform’ < uhj < ag- < Tamil ukai