Etymograph

English

concessionaire

Concessionaire comes from French concessionnaire ‘concessionaire, agent’, and goes back to Latin cēdō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcēdō‘to relinquish, concede, relent, subside, come to an end, terminate, give up, abandon’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcessiōas concessiōnem‘grant, concession’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcession
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentconcessionnaire‘concessionaire, agent’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2009concessionaire

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcēdō‘to relinquish, concede, relent, subside, come to an end, terminate, give up, abandon’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcessiōas concessiōnem‘grant, concession’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcession
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentconcessionnaire‘concessionaire, agent’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2009concessionaire

Earliest quotation: 2009, Edward Rothstein, Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness: “And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated…”

Linked words

through Latin cēdō

process, success, necessary, procedure, succeed, cease, excess, accessible, precedent, predecessor, recession, recess, cede, accession, cessation, secession, intercession, 30 more

Today it means

noun One who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business.

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