Etymograph

English

cessile

Cessile comes from Latin cedere ‘cede’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcedere1‘cede’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1594cessile1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English cessile
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1594, Alexander Hume: “Sa silent is the cessile air.”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcedereWiktionary, English cessile‘cede’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1594cessileWiktionary, English cessile. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1594, Alexander Hume: “Sa silent is the cessile air.”

Linked words

through Latin cedere ‘cede’

recede, 5 more

Today it means

adj Of the air, yielding.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cessile”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin cedere / cessile

Shirt and support for this word