Where does “succeedingly” come from?
succeedingly (English) comes from English succeeding, from English succeed, from Old French succeder, from Latin succēdō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
succeedingly (English): one after the other
Definitions
- one after the other
Ancestry of “succeedingly”, step by step
succeedingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English succeeding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | succeeding | Following, next in order; present participle of... |
| 2 | English | succeed | To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to... |
| 3 | Old French | succeder | to succeed |
| 4 | Latin | succēdō | to climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up |
| 5 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 8 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |