Etymology

cede

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Today it means: To give up; yield to another. Full definition →

Middle French ceder ← Old French ceder ← Latin cēdō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱyesdʰ-“to drive away; to go away”
  2. Latin · derived fromcēdō“to yield”
  3. Old French · derived fromceder
  4. Middle French · borrowed fromceder
  5. English todaycede

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

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