Where does “successor” come from?

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

successor (Latin): follower, successor

Definitions

  1. follower, successor

Ancestry of “successor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuccēdōto climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up
2Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
3Proto-Italickedōgive here!
4Proto-Italickehere
5Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “successor”

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