cess- root words — words with the cess- root

The root cess- comes from Latin cedere, meaning to cease, yield, go. 11 words in Dendril are built from it, including necessarily, necessary, necessity, ancestries, accedence, accessional, accessor, antecede, cessionary, concessionary, incessancies. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the cess- root

Explore words with cess- — words containing the cess- root and sharing its sense of "to cease, yield, go". Examples include necessarily, necessary, necessity, ancestries, accedence, accessional, accessor, antecede, cessionary, concessionary, incessancies. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does cess- mean?

The cess- root means to cease, yield, go, from Latin cedere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.