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
- Following, next in order; present participle of...
Ancestry of “succeeding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | succeed | To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to... |
| 2 | Old French | succeder | to succeed |
| 3 | Latin | succēdō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cēdō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 7 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
Words derived from “succeeding”