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ced
(SEED)to go or yield
Latin for going, yielding, or giving way. Precede, recede, and 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. It is the root behind precede, recede, and 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
Who it is for
Grades served: 7, 8
Level 3Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
Movement. Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
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