Etymology of cease

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗

verb

To stop. · To stop doing (something). · To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.

noun

Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.

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Derivation mentioncesenenm
Derivation mentioncesserfrm
Derivation mentioncessōla

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