Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “ceder” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ceder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcederto concede
2Latincēdō—
3Proto-Italickedōgive here!
4Proto-Italickehere
5Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “ceder”

  • cede
  • retrocede
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →