Where does “cessar” come from?

cessar (Portuguese) comes from Latin cessō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

cessar (Portuguese): to cease

Definitions

  1. to cease

Ancestry of “cessar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincessōto stop, desist, halt, cease
2Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
3Proto-Italickedōgive here!
4Proto-Italickehere
5Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →Every word from Proto-Italic kedō →
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