Where does “succeed” come from?
Succeed comes from Old French succeder, from Latin succedo meaning to go under or follow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
succeed (English): To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to...
Definitions
- To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to...
Ancestry of “succeed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | succeder | to succeed |
| 2 | Latin | succēdō | to climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up |
| 3 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 6 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
Words derived from “succeed”