Etymograph

English

processus

Processus comes from Latin prōcessus ‘advanced, having been advanced’, from cēdō ‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kezdō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdō1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdō1‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcēdō1‘to proceed, advance’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcessus1‘advanced, having been advanced’
  5. Englishtodayprocessus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English processus

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kezdōWiktionary, English processusreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēdōWiktionary, English processus‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcēdōWiktionary, English processus‘to proceed, advance’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcessusWiktionary, English processus‘advanced, having been advanced’
  5. EnglishtodayprocessusWiktionary, English processus

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kezdō

succession, successor, successive, inaccessible, recessive, precession, 10 more

through Latin cēdō ‘to go, move, proceed, go along, move along’

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

through Latin prōcēdō ‘to proceed, advance’

procedure, 3 more

Today it means

noun A process, or projecting part.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “processus”. 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 / processus

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