myEtymology.com: English etymology of antecedence

Etymology of the English word antecedence

the English word antecedence

derived from the English word antecede

derived from the Latin word antecedere (precede, go before, ahead)

derived from the Latin word ante (before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ant-

derived from the Latin word cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ked- (to yield)

using the English suffix -ence