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Cessation

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the act of stopping or bringing something to an end
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Stage 1 of 3
cessare
Latin · ancient
"to cease, to delay"
to cease, to delay, frequentative of cedere (to go, yield)
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Stage 2 of 3
cessatio
Latin · ancient
"a ceasing, a stopping"
a ceasing, a stopping, from cessare
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Stage 3 of 3
cessation
English · 1400s
"the act of stopping something"
settled as the English word for the act of stopping something
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