Etymograph

English

intercession

Intercession comes from Latin intercessiō ‘intervention’, and goes back to cēdō ‘to go’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to go’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercēdō‘to intervene’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercessiō‘intervention’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400intercession
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1837same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to go’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercēdō‘to intervene’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintercessiō‘intervention’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400intercession
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1837same form

Earliest quotation: 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill: Or: “Lady Marchmont found her companions in no mood for…”

first attested First attested in the early 15th Century (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in the early 15th Century.

Linked words

through Latin cēdō ‘to go’

process, success, necessary, procedure, succeed, cease, excess, accessible, precedent, predecessor, concede, recession, recess, concession, cede, accession, cessation, secession, 29 more

Today it means

noun The act of intervening or mediating between two parties.

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

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