Where does “concessional” come from?
Concessional derives from English concession, from Latin concessio, the noun form of concedere, meaning to yield or grant, from cedere, to go or yield.
concessional (English): Of, relating to, or being a concession;...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or being a concession;...
Ancestry of “concessional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | concession | The act of conceding; An act of conceding,... |
| 2 | Middle English | concession | — |
| 3 | Middle French | concession | — |
| 4 | Latin | concessiō | permission |
| 5 | Latin | concēdō | to depart, retire or withdraw, come away, come, go away |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |