English
incedingly
Incedingly comes from Latin incēdō ‘to walk majestically’, and goes back to cēdō ‘go, move’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘go, move’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincēdōas incedere‘to walk majestically’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853incedingly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘go, move’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincēdōas incedere‘to walk majestically’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853incedingly
Earliest quotation: 1853, Currer Bell pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë, Vashti: “Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each…”
Formed from -ing + -ly
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *kezdō
excessive, successor, succession, successive, procession, inaccessible, recessive, precession, 8 more
through Latin cēdō ‘go, move’
process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, predecessor, precedent, recess, concession, accession, secession, cessation, concede, intercession, cede, 28 more
Today it means
adv Majestically.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cēdō / incedingly