The root cede
cede means go, yield. It comes from Latin cedere.
It also appears as ced cess ceed — the same root wearing a different vowel, which is why the words below do not all look alike.
7 words built on cede
- Accedeverb
yield to another's wish or opinion
- Accessibleadjective
capable of being reached
- Antecedentnoun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- Concedeverb
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- Incessantadjective
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- Precedentnoun
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- Unprecedentedadjective
having no precedent; novel