Etymograph

English

incedingly

Incedingly comes from Latin incēdō ‘to walk majestically’, from cēdō ‘go, move’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Italic *kezdō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdō1uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō2‘go, move’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincēdō3as incedere‘to walk majestically’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1853incedingly3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin cedo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin incedo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English incedingly
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1853, Currer Bell pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë, Vashti: “Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōWiktionary, Latin cedouncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdōWiktionary, Latin incedo‘go, move’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincēdōWiktionary, English incedinglyas incedere‘to walk majestically’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1853incedinglyWiktionary, English incedingly. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1853, Currer Bell pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë, Vashti: “Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kezdō

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

through Latin cēdō ‘go, move’

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

Today it means

adv Majestically.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “incedingly”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin cedo, 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 / Proto-Italic *kezdō / incedingly

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