English
cede
Cede comes from Latin cēdō ‘to yield’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- ‘to drive away’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱyesdʰ-‘to drive away’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to yield’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ceder
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Englishearliest quotation 2005cede
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱyesdʰ-‘to drive away’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to yield’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ceder
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Englishearliest quotation 2005cede
Earliest quotation: 2005, Jesse Helms, Foreign Relations Experiences: “In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan…”
Linked words
through Latin cēdō ‘to yield’
process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, concession, predecessor, recess, accession, precedent, secession, cessation, intercession, antecedent, decedent, 28 more
Today it means
verb To give up; yield to another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- / cede