Meaning

verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

verb relinquish possession or control over

originBorrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

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