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

  1. To split from or to withdraw from membership of a...

Ancestry of “secede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsecederesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
3Proto-Italickedōgive here!
4Proto-Italickehere
5Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “secede”

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →Every word from Proto-Italic kedō →