Where does “unceasing” come from?
Unceasing comes from English ceasing, derived from English cease, which comes from Middle French cesser and Latin cedo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning to go or move forward.
unceasing (English): continuous; continuing indefinitely without...
Definitions
- continuous; continuing indefinitely without...
Ancestry of “unceasing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ceasing | present participle of cease; A cessation |
| 2 | English | cease | To stop; To stop doing; To be wanting; to fail;... |
| 3 | Middle English | cesen | — |
| 4 | Middle French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 5 | Old French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 6 | Latin | cessō | to stop, desist, halt, cease |
| 7 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 10 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |