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Where does “successorial” come from?

successorial (English) comes from English successor, from Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor, from Latin succēdō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

successorial (English): Of, pertaining to, or subsisting as, a successor;...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or subsisting as, a successor;...

Ancestry of “successorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuccessorA person or thing that immediately follows...
2Anglo-Normansuccessoursuccessor
3Latinsuccessorfollower, successor
4Latinsuccēdō—
5Latincēdō—
6Proto-Italickedōgive here!
7Proto-Italickehere
8Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →