Etymograph

English

proceed

Proceed comes from Latin prōcēdō ‘to go forth, go forward, advance’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcēdō1‘to go forth, go forward, advance’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400proceder1
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500proceden1‘to go or move forward’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1599proceed1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English proceed
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1599, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar: “And he will (after his ſowre faſhion) tell you…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcēdōWiktionary, English proceed‘to go forth, go forward, advance’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400procederWiktionary, English proceed
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500procedenWiktionary, English proceed‘to go or move forward’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1599proceedWiktionary, English proceed. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1599, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar: “And he will (after his ſowre faſhion) tell you…”

A compound of prō ‘forth’ + cēdō ‘to go’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘for’

Latin prō ‘forth’

Every English word from Latin prōcēdō

Today it means

verb To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “proceed”. 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 prōcēdō / proceed

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