Where does “succession” come from?
Succession comes from Old French succession, from Latin successio (a following after), derived from Latin successus (an outcome), the past participle of Latin succedere (to go under, follow), from Latin sub (under) and Latin cedo (to go, yield), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European upo (under).
succession (English): An act of following in sequence; A sequence of...
Definitions
- An act of following in sequence; A sequence of...
Ancestry of “succession”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | succession | — |
| 2 | Latin | successio | succession; successors |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |