Where does “successive” come from?
Successive derives from Latin successīvus, from Latin succedere meaning to follow after, from Latin cedere meaning to go or yield, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
successive (English): Coming one after the other in a series; Of, or...
Definitions
- Coming one after the other in a series; Of, or...
Ancestry of “successive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 2 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | supo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “successive”