Where does “succeeding” come from?

Succeeding comes from Old French succeder, from Latin succedo meaning to go under or follow, from Latin sub and cedo meaning to go, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

succeeding (English): Following, next in order; present participle of...

Definitions

  1. Following, next in order; present participle of...

Ancestry of “succeeding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsucceedTo follow in order; to come next after; hence, to...
2Old Frenchsuccederto succeed
3Latinsuccēdōto climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up
4Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
5Proto-Italickedōgive here!
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “succeeding”

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →