myEtymology.com: English etymology of antecedency

Etymology of the English word antecedency

the English word antecedency

derived from the English word antecedent

derived from the Latin word antecedens (foregoing, preceding; former)

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 -ency