Where does “decease” come from?

Decease comes from Old French deces, from Latin decessus, derived from Latin decedo, which combines Latin cedo with Latin de, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European de.

decease (English): Death, departure from life; To die

Definitions

  1. Death, departure from life; To die

Ancestry of “decease”, step by step

decease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French decés

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdecésdeath
2Latindēcessuswithdrawn, retired, departed, left

via Middle English deceas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdeceas—

Words derived from “decease”

Every word from Latin dēcessus →Every word from Old French decés →