Where does “concede” come from?
Concede comes from Old French conceder, from Latin concedo meaning to grant or allow, derived from cedo meaning to go or yield, combined with cum meaning with.
concede (English): To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; To...
Definitions
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; To...
Ancestry of “concede”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | conceder | to grant; to allow |
| 2 | Latin | concēdō | to depart, retire or withdraw, come away, come, go away |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |