Etymograph

English

concede

Concede comes from Old French conceder ‘to grant’, from Latin concēdō ‘give way, yield’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ked-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ked-1‘to go, yield’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō1‘to yield, give way, to go, grant’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcēdō1‘give way, yield’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400conceder1‘to grant’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1938concede1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English concede
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent: “Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ked-Wiktionary, English concede‘to go, yield’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdōWiktionary, English concede‘to yield, give way, to go, grant’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcēdōWiktionary, English concede‘give way, yield’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400concederWiktionary, English concede‘to grant’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1938concedeWiktionary, English concede. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent: “Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal…”

Linked words

through Latin cēdō ‘to yield, give way, to go, grant’

process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, predecessor, recess, precedent, accession, secession, cessation, intercession, secede, antecedent, intercede, decedent, 27 more

Today it means

verb To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “concede”. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *ked- / concede

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