English
accede
Accede comes from Latin accēdō ‘approach, accede’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdō‘approach, accede’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acceden
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1876accede
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccēdō‘approach, accede’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acceden
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1876accede
Earliest quotation: c. 1876, E. H. Nolan, The History of England: “It was added that if he acceded to these…”
A compound of ad ‘to, toward, at’ + cēdō ‘move, yield’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
Latin ad ‘to, toward, at’
Proto-Italic *kezdō
Latin cēdō ‘move, yield’
first attested First attested in the early 15th century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the early 15th century. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix.
Linked words
through Latin accēdō ‘approach, accede’
Today it means
verb To agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accēdō / accede