The story
- Latin · derived fromsupersedēre
- Old French · derived fromsursis
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromsurseser
- English todaysurcease
From Anglo-Norman surseser, from Old French sursis, past participle of surseoir, from Latin supersedēre. Spelling later influenced by association with unrelated cease, which likely also influenced the meaning. Related to supersede.
Words from the same roots
Latinsupersedēre all →
supersedesupercedesupersessor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.