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ced
(SEED)to go or yield
Latin for going, yielding, or giving way. The standard L.8.4b examples (precede, recede, secede) all share this root.
rootLatin
MovementSpellings:cedcessceed
The story behind this root
Latin cedere meant to give way, step aside, or move along. The English forms ced, cess, and ceed all trace to the same verb. This is the root behind the L.8.4b standard examples — precede, recede, secede.
Example words
precede
to go before
recede
to go back
secede
to go apart from
proceed
to go forward
succeed
to go after — and reach the goal
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 7, 8
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
- L.8.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Movement. Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
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