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Where does “successive” come from?

successive (Latin) comes from Latin successivus, from Latin succēdō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

successive (Latin): vocative masculine singular of successīvus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of successīvus

Ancestry of “successive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsuccessivusAlternative form of succīsīvus
2Latinsuccēdō—
3Latincēdō—
4Proto-Italickedōgive here!
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →