Where does “cesser” come from?

cesser (French) comes from Middle French cesser, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

cesser (French): to cease; to stop; to break up

Definitions

  1. to cease; to stop; to break up

Ancestry of “cesser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcesserto cease; to stop
2Old Frenchcesserto cease; to stop
3Latincessōto stop, desist, halt, cease
4Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
5Proto-Italickedōgive here!
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “cesser”

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →Every word from Proto-Italic kedō →