Where does “secede” come from?
Secede derives from Latin secedo, from cedo meaning "to go," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European swé, the reflexive pronoun meaning "self."
secede (English): To split from or to withdraw from membership of a...
Definitions
- To split from or to withdraw from membership of a...
Ancestry of “secede”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | secedere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | cēdō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 5 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
Words derived from “secede”