Where does “antecedent” come from?

antecedent (Latin) comes from Latin antecedo, from Latin cedo, from Proto-Italic kezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱyesdʰ- — to drive away; to go away.

antecedent (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “antecedent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinantecedoI precede; I excel or surpass
2LatincedoI go, move, proceed, go along, move along; I...
3Proto-Italickezdō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱyesdʰ-to drive away; to go away
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱyesdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic kezdō →Every word from Latin cedo →
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