Where does “successour” come from?

successour (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin successor, from Latin succēdō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

successour (Anglo-Norman): successor

Definitions

  1. successor

Ancestry of “successour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuccessorfollower, successor
2Latinsuccēdōto climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up
3Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
4Proto-Italickedōgive here!
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “successour”

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →Every word from Proto-Italic kedō →