Precedence

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From Middle French précédence(“the state of preceding, anteriority”).

Morphologically precede +‎ -ence.


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precedence (n.)

late 15c., "a being a precedent, previous occurrence or existence," from precedent (n.) + -ence, or from Medieval Latin praecedentia, from Latin praecedent-, past-participle stem of praecedere. Meaning "act or fact of preceding another, right of preceding another in processions, assemblies, social formalities, etc." is from c. 1600.