Etymograph

English

supercede

Supercede comes from Middle French superceder.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600superceder1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500superceden1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1857supercede1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English supercede
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1857, The American Law Register - On the Doctr, Vol. 6: “To it a new species of conveyancing owes its…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600supercederWiktionary, English supercede
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500supercedenWiktionary, English supercede
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1857supercedeWiktionary, English supercede. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1857, The American Law Register - On the Doctr, Vol. 6: “To it a new species of conveyancing owes its…”

A compound of supersedēre + sedēre ‘to sit’

Every English word from Middle French superceder

Today it means

verb Variant spelling of supersede.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “supercede”. 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 / Middle French superceder / supercede

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