English
procidence
Procidence comes from Latin procidentia.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocidentia
- Englishearliest quotation 1685procidence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocidentia
- Englishearliest quotation 1685procidence
Earliest quotation: 1685, Samuel Collins: “Ægineta hath made four kinds of Procidence belonging to…”
Every English word from Latin procidentia
Today it means
noun A falling down; a prolapsus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin procidentia / procidence