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Where does “antecedent” come from?

antecedent (Middle English) comes from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns, from Latin antecēdō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

Ancestry of “antecedent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchantecedent—
2Latinantecēdēns—
3Latinantecēdō—
4Latincēdō—
5Proto-Italickedōgive here!
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “antecedent”

  • antecedent
  • antecedently
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