ENRICH YOUR WORDPOWER: words from latin "cedere" = move away, withdraw, give up

VERBS
NOUNS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
cede cession            
accede accession            
concede   concession concessionnaire        
exceed excess       excessive   exceedingly
intercede   intercession          
precede precedent precedence   predecessor preceding (un)precedented (un)precedentedly
proceed process(or) procession proceedings procedure procedural (un)processed  
recede recess recession     receding recessive  
succeed success succession
predecessor successor successive (un)successful (un)successfully


Those spelt "cede" passed through French; those with "ceed" passed through Middle English.