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Where does “successivity” come from?

successivity (English) comes from English successive, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

successivity (English): The quality or fact of being successive

Definitions

  1. The quality or fact of being successive

Ancestry of “successivity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuccessiveComing one after the other in a series; Of, or...
2Latinsuccēdere—
3Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
4Proto-Italicsupo—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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