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cedo.

to go, move, proceed, go along, move along

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkeː.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃɛː.do]
  1. to go, move, proceed, go along, move along

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  2. to result, turn out, happen, yield

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  3. to withdraw, depart, retire, go away from, yield

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  4. to withdraw, depart, retire, go away from, yield to withdraw, fall back, give up one's post, yield

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  5. to disappear, pass away, vanish

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  6. to pass, elapse (in the 3rd person, with time as subject)

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  7. to cede, give in or yield (to), step aside (for), give way (to)

    conjugation-3 · intransitive · with-dative
  8. to cede, give in or yield (to), step aside (for), give way (to) to be inferior to, yield to in rank

    conjugation-3 · intransitive · with-dative
  9. to concede, give up, allow, permit something to someone, grant, surrender, yield

    conjugation-3 · transitive
  10. to fall (to) (as a possession); accrue or come (to)

    conjugation-3 · intransitive · with-dative
  11. to become, turn into, be or become the equivalent of

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kezdō, further derivation disputed. * Perhaps it is from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognates include Sanskrit सेधति (sedhati, “to drive, chase away”) and Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬝 (siiazdat̰, “will chase away”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćyazd-, *ćižd-. * Others derive it from *ḱe (“this, here”) + *sed- (“to sit down”). For the semantic development "to sit down" > "to go and sit" > "to go" compare the cognates English set out, Sanskrit उपसीदति (upasīdati, “to approach”), Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road”), and Proto-Slavic *xodъ, *xoditi. * Others derive the ending from -dō (“to put”).

verb[ˈkɛ.dɔ]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃɛː.do]
  1. hand (it) over!; give (it)!; gimme!

    imperative-only · no-perfect
    cedo manum!
  2. produce (it)!; show (it) to us!

    imperative-only · no-perfect
  3. bring (him)!, bring (him) in!, produce (him)!

    imperative-only · no-perfect
  4. tell me!; describe (it) to me!, explain (it) to me!

    imperative-only · no-perfect
  5. tell me! hear me out!

    imperative-only · no-perfect
  6. what if?, suppose?

    imperative-only · no-perfect
  7. come on!

    imperative-only · no-perfect
Where this word comes from

Through iambic shortening from the Proto-Italic imperative *ke-dō, plural *ke-date. This is composed of Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”) (seen also in ec-ce, hi-c, illi-c etc.) + the imperative of dō (“give”) (which was originally *dō, but changed later to dā by analogy with first-conjugation verbs). Equivalent to ce- + dō.

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