exceed

The story

1. Latin · derived fromexcēdō“to go beyond”
2. Old French · derived fromexceder
3. Middle English · inherited fromexceden
4. English todayexceed

From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excēdō (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cēdō (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc. Partly displaced native Old English ofersteppan, whence Modern English overstep.