cede

Meaning

  1. To give up; yield to another.
  2. To give up; yield to another.
  3. To give way.

Frequency

49k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/siːd/
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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