cede

Pronunciation: /siːd/

The English word “cede” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To give up; yield to another.
Same as above.
To give way.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

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