English
concede
Concede comes from Old French conceder ‘to grant’, from Latin concēdō ‘give way, yield’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ked-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ked-‘to go, yield’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to yield, give way, to go, grant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcēdō‘give way, yield’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400conceder‘to grant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1938concede
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ked-‘to go, yield’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to yield, give way, to go, grant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcēdō‘give way, yield’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400conceder‘to grant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1938concede
Earliest quotation: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent: “Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal…”
Linked words
through Latin cēdō ‘to yield, give way, to go, grant’
process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, predecessor, recess, precedent, accession, secession, cessation, intercession, secede, antecedent, intercede, decedent, 27 more
Today it means
verb To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ked- / concede