Where does “cesser” come from?

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

cesser (Middle French): to cease; to stop

Definitions

  1. to cease; to stop

Ancestry of “cesser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcesserto cease; to stop
2Latincessōto stop, desist, halt, cease
3Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
4Proto-Italickedōgive here!
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “cesser”

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