Where does “cease” come from?

Cease comes from Middle English cesen, from Middle French cesser, from Latin cesso, from Latin cedo meaning to yield or go, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke.

cease (English): To stop; To stop doing; To be wanting; to fail;...

Definitions

  1. To stop; To stop doing; To be wanting; to fail;...

Ancestry of “cease”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcesen
2Middle Frenchcesserto cease; to stop
3Old Frenchcesserto cease; to stop
4Latincessōto stop, desist, halt, cease
5Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
6Proto-Italickedōgive here!
7Proto-Italickehere
8Indo-European*ḱe

Words derived from “cease

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe
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