Intercede

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late 16th century: from French intercéder or Latin intercedere ‘intervene’, from inter- ‘between’ + cedere ‘go’.

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[circa 1570] From Middle French intercéder, from Latin intercēdō, [1] from inter-(“between”) + cēdō(“I go”) (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”.

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intercede (v.)

1570s, "to come between in space or time" (obsolete); c. 1600, "to interpose on behalf of another," a back-formation from intercession, or else from Latin intercedere "intervene, come between, be between" (in Medieval Latin "to interpose on someone's behalf"), from inter "between" (see inter-) + cedere "to go" (from PIE root *ked- "to go, yield"). Related: Interceded; interceding.