English
intercede
Intercede comes from Latin intercēdō ‘to intervene’, and goes back to cēdō ‘I go’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘I go’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercēdō‘to intervene’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intercéder
- Englishearliest quotation 1671intercede
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘I go’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercēdō‘to intervene’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intercéder
- Englishearliest quotation 1671intercede
Earliest quotation: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, […].: “I to the Lords will intercede, not doubting /…”.
first attested First attested in c. 1570 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in c. 1570.
Linked words
through Latin cēdō ‘I go’
process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, concession, predecessor, recess, accession, precedent, secession, cessation, concede, secede, antecedent, decedent, 27 more
Today it means
verb To plead on someone else's behalf.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cēdō / intercede