Intercede
/ˌɪn.tərˈsiːd/noun
To act or plead on behalf of another, especially to mediate in a dispute.
Did you know?Intercede comes from Latin words meaning “between” + “to go,” and its older religious use was tied to saints and divine mediation, where words were believed to move power across invisible boundaries.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱei-
“to lie down, rest; later extended in Latin to the idea of going or setting in motion in related forms”
Latin
Latin
inter-
“between, among”
Latin
Latin
cedere
“to go, yield, withdraw”
Late Latin
Latin
intercedere
“to come between, intervene; to plead on behalf of another”
Old French
Old French
interceder
“to intercede, mediate”
Middle English
English
intercede
“to mediate or plead for someone”
Modern English
English
intercede
“to act as a mediator or advocate for another”