Latin word root · Motion & Action

ced-: going, yielding

ced- is a Latin root meaning “going, yielding”. Learn its variants and explore 3 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: going, yielding

Root forms: ced-, cess-, ceed

Source word: cēdō — to go, move, proceed, go along, move along

Word family and examples

• process

  a series of actions taken to achieve an end

• proceed

  to begin or continue a course of action

• recede

  to go or move back or further away

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