Where does “concession” come from?
Concession comes from Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessio, derived from concedo meaning "to yield or grant," itself from cedo meaning "to go or yield."
concession (English): The act of conceding; An act of conceding,...
Definitions
- The act of conceding; An act of conceding,...
Ancestry of “concession”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | concession | — |
| 2 | Middle French | concession | — |
| 3 | Latin | concessiō | permission |
| 4 | Latin | concēdō | to depart, retire or withdraw, come away, come, go away |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |