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Where does “procedural” come from?

Procedural comes from English procedure, from Latin procēdere meaning "to go forward," from Latin cēdere meaning "to go or yield."

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “procedural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprocedureA particular method for performing a task; A...
2Frenchprocédureprocedure
3Frenchprocéderproceed; behave
4Old Frenchprocederto advance; to go onward; to carry on
5Latinprōcēdō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “procedural”

  • procedurally
  • proceduralism
  • proceduralist
  • interprocedural
  • preprocedural
  • periprocedural
  • intraprocedural
  • nonprocedural
  • preprocedurally
  • interprocedurally
  • unprocedural
  • nonprocedurally
  • multiprocedural
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