Where does “ceaseless” come from?
Ceaseless derives from Middle English -les, Middle French cesser, Latin cesso, Latin cedo meaning "to yield or go," and Proto-Indo-European lewH-.
ceaseless (English): Without an end; Without stop or pause, incessant
Definitions
- Without an end; Without stop or pause, incessant
Ancestry of “ceaseless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cease | To stop; To stop doing; To be wanting; to fail;... |
| 2 | Middle English | cesen | — |
| 3 | Middle French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 4 | Old French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 5 | Latin | cessō | to stop, desist, halt, cease |
| 6 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 9 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |