English
decedent
Decedent comes from Latin decedens ‘withdrawing’, from dēcēdō ‘to depart, die’, and ultimately from cēdō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcēdōas decedere, present active participle‘to depart, die’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecedens‘withdrawing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1846decedent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcēdōas decedere, present active participle‘to depart, die’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecedens‘withdrawing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1846decedent
Earliest quotation: 1846, Pennsylvania Law Journal: “satisfy every claimant upon the estate of a decedent…”
Linked words
through Latin cēdō
process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, concession, accession, recess, cessation, secession, concede, precedent, intercession, cede, 28 more
through Latin dēcēdō ‘to depart, die’
Today it means
noun A dead person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cēdō / decedent