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cession

Meaningyielding

Common meaning: formal surrender of land or rights

Journey through time

  1. Latincesstonem‘yielding’source
  2. Frenchcession‘act of yielding’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsact of yielding → formal surrender of land or rightscession‘formal surrender of land or rights’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin cesstonem ‘yielding’.

Roots

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