proceed
proh-SEED · verb
Origin
From Middle English proceden, borrowed from Old French proceder, itself from Latin prōcēdō, meaning "to go forth, go forward, advance," built from prō ("forth") and cēdō ("to go").
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Journey
The word passed from Latin into Old French and then into Middle English, keeping its core sense of going forward intact across each borrowing.
Related words
It shares its root cēdō, "to go," with cede — both words carry the idea of movement or yielding forward.