Etymograph

English

circumincession

Circumincession comes from Latin incēdō ‘to walk’, and goes back to cēdō ‘go, move’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō1‘go, move’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincēdō2as incedere‘to walk’
  3. Englishtodaycircumincession2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin incedo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English circumincession

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdōWiktionary, Latin incedo‘go, move’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincēdōWiktionary, English circumincessionas incedere‘to walk’
  3. EnglishtodaycircumincessionWiktionary, English circumincession

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kezdō

excessive, successor, successive, succession, procession, inaccessible, recessive, precession, 8 more

through Latin cēdō ‘go, move’

process, success, necessary, procedure, succeed, cease, excess, accessible, precedent, predecessor, recession, recess, concede, concession, accession, cede, cessation, secession, intercession, 28 more

Today it means

noun The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “circumincession”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin incedo. 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 cēdō / circumincession

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