proceed English · revision 7241

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=la procedo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pɹəˈsiːd/ ''(UK)''; /pɹəˈsid/, /ˈpɹoʊsid/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English proceden, [[bor|fro|proceder]] and directly [[bor|la|procedo|alt=prōcēdere|t=to go forward, advance]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|pro|t=forward]] and [[m|la|cedo|alt=cēdere|t=to go]],^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from PIE [[ine-pro|*ked-|t=to go, yield]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To spread or continue; to come or result from: about 1380, in Chaucer.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The OED has to go on with an action from about 1400.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To go or travel forward is from about 1430,^(OED 1989) and to begin and carry on a legal action from about 1440.^(OED 1989) To emanate from a source is late 14th-century.^(Etymonline) A noun proceed, the manner of proceeding, is from 1628 and obsolete;^(OED 1989) ''proceeds'', what results from something, especially money from a sale, is from 1643.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – to continue; to result from.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1430 – to go forward.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1440 – to take legal action.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1643 – proceeds (noun).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To begin or continue a course of action.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To go forward or onward, especially after stopping.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(law)'' To start a legal action against someone.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To come forth as from a source; to [[originate]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[proceeder]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[procedure]]

+ * [[process]]

+ * [[procession]]

+ * [[proceeds]]

+ * [[proceeding]]

+ * [[cede]]

+ * [[succeed]]

+ * [[exceed]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}