Where does “deceased” come from?

Deceased comes from Middle English -ed suffix added to decease, from Latin decessus, past participle of decedo meaning to depart, from cedo meaning to go, with the prefix de.

deceased (English): No longer alive, dead; Belonging to the dead; One...

Definitions

  1. No longer alive, dead; Belonging to the dead; One...

Ancestry of “deceased”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeceaseDeath, departure from life; To die
2Old Frenchdecésdeath
3Latindēcessuswithdrawn, retired, departed, left

Words derived from “deceased”

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