succeed

/səkˈsid/suhk-SEED

Meaningto go after

Common meaning: to achieve an aim

Other meanings: to follow after

sucunder, after (form of sub-)
ceedto go, move away; to give wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 307 · scan

‘under, after (form of sub-)’ + ‘to go, move away’ → succeed

Journey through time

Latincēdō, cessī, cessum‘to go, move away’
Frenchsucceder
Middle Englishsuccedensource
Englishsucceed‘to achieve an aim’ · today

suc- also in: succumb succinct

ceed also in: access exceed excess recede concede

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin cēdō ‘to go, move away; to give way’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cēdō, p. 307 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SUCCEED, p. 607 · dictionary scan

Roots

cēdō, cessī, cessum Latin “to go, move away; to give way”

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