English
process
Process comes from Middle English proces, from Old French procés ‘journey’, from Latin prōcessus ‘course’, from cēdō, from Proto-Italic *kezdō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to go’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcēdō‘proceed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcessus‘course’nominalization of prōcēdō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400procés‘journey’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500proces
- Englishearliest quotation 1711process
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō‘to go’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcēdō‘proceed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcessus‘course’nominalization of prōcēdō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400procés‘journey’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500proces
- Englishearliest quotation 1711process
Earliest quotation: 1711, John Spotiswood, The Form of Process: “But if either at Calling by the Clerk, after…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *kezdō
succession, successor, successive, inaccessible, recessive, precession, 11 more
through Latin cēdō ‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
success, necessary, succeed, cease, accessible, excessive, excess, precedent, recession, concede, predecessor, concession, accession, recess, secession, cessation, cede, intercession, 29 more
Today it means
noun A series of events leading to a result or product.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kezdō / process