myEtymology.com: French etymology of precedent

Etymology of the French word precedent

the Old French word precedent

derived from the Latin word praecedens

derived from the Latin word praecedere (go before, precede; surpass)

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 prae-

derived from the Latin word prae (in front of; before)

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

Word found in Old French