Where does “ċeda” come from?
ċeda (Maltese) comes from Italian cedere, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
ċeda (Maltese): to give up, to surrender, to cede
Definitions
- to give up, to surrender, to cede
Ancestry of “ċeda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cedere | to retreat; to yield, surrender or give in, give... |
| 2 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 5 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |