Etymograph

English

decede

Decede comes from Latin dēcēdō ‘to withdraw’, and goes back to cēdō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcēdō2‘to withdraw’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1654decede2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin decedo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English decede
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1654, Thomas Fuller: “God had ordered them not to decede from this…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdōWiktionary, Latin decedo
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcēdōWiktionary, English decede‘to withdraw’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1654decedeWiktionary, English decede. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1654, Thomas Fuller: “God had ordered them not to decede from this…”

Linked words

through Latin cēdō

process, success, necessary, procedure, accessible, excess, succeed, cease, recession, concession, accession, cessation, recess, precedent, secession, concede, intercession, intercede, antecedent, secede, 26 more

through Latin dēcēdō ‘to withdraw’

predecessor, 2 more

Today it means

verb To withdraw.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “decede”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin decedo. 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.

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