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Where does “exceden” come from?

exceden (Middle English) comes from Old French exceder, from Latin excedo, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

Ancestry of “exceden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchexceder—
2LatinexcedoI go out, go forth or away; depart, retire,...
3Latincēdō—
4Proto-Italickedōgive here!
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “exceden”

  • exceed
  • exceedingly
  • exceeding
  • exceedance
  • exceedeth
  • exceedest
  • exceedingness
  • exceedable
  • exceeder
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →