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Where does “successor” come from?

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

successor (Catalan): successor

Definitions

  1. successor

Ancestry of “successor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuccessorfollower, successor
2Latinsuccēdō—
3Latincēdō—
4Proto-Italickedōgive here!
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—
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