Etymograph

English

decede

Decede comes from Latin dēcēdō ‘to withdraw’, and goes back to cēdō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcēdō‘to withdraw’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1654decede

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcēdō‘to withdraw’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1654decede

Earliest quotation: 1654, Thomas Fuller: “God had ordered them not to decede from this…”

Linked words

through Latin cēdō

process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, concession, accession, cessation, recess, precedent, secession, concede, intercession, intercede, antecedent, secede, 26 more

through Latin dēcēdō ‘to withdraw’

predecessor, 2 more

Today it means

verb To withdraw.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cēdō / decede

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