DictionaryRoot: cedere
Latin
cedere
go, move; withdraw or yield
Forms
- ced-
- cess- — Latin stem used in forms referring to having gone or yielded.
Origin
Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *ked-, ‘go; yield.’
Note
Giving way connects physical movement with surrendering a claim or position.
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noun / adjective
antecedent
an-tih-SEE-duhnt/ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt/
Something preceding another thing as its reference or condition.
Etymology
The pieces express “going before”: an antecedent is something that precedes something else. This became a noun for an earlier event upon which another follows.
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