Etymology of the English word concessive
the English word
concessivederived from the Late Latin word
concessivus (pertaining to concession, concessive)
derived from the Latin word
concessus (concession; agreement; permission; permitted, allowable, allowed)
derived from the Latin word
concedere (relinquish, give up, concede)
derived from the Latin word
cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ked- (to yield)
using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of concessive in English dates from the 18th century.
Cognates
Dutch
concessief, French
concessif, German
konzessiv, Italian
concessivo, Portuguese
concessivo, Romanian
concesiv, Swedish
koncessivUsage
Word found in Modern English
