Cede means "to yield or grant typically by treaty." Most of the verb senses of seed are concerned with planting seeds (either literal, as of plants, or figuratively, as of ideas).

Does cede mean go?

This verb means “to yield or grant typically by treaty” and comes from a Latin word (cedere) meaning “to go, move away, withdraw, yield.” It is typically used of territory (as in “the U.S. ceded control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999”) or things like rights or power (as in “ceded her position as mayor”).

What does the root word cede means?

-cede-, root. -cede- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "go away from; withdraw; yield. '' This meaning is found in such words as: accede, antecedent, cede, concede, precede, precedent, recede, secede.