## Meanings
1. To continue with something that has already started.
2. To move forward or go on to the next stage.
3. To come from a particular source or origin.

## Examples
- After a short break, the meeting proceeded as planned.
- Please proceed to gate 12 for boarding.
- All the warmth in the room proceeded from the small fire.

## Synonyms
- continue
- forthgo
- progress

## Antonyms
- desist
- end
- recede
- regress
- stop

## Derived Forms
- proceedable
- proceeder

## Related Forms
- procedure
- proceeds
- process
- procession

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: proceden
- Root: proceder
- Root: prōcēdō
- Affix: pro- - forward

## Etymology
From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”); see cede.

## AI Etymology
Proceed comes from Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”); see cede. The historical chain includes *per- (Proto-Indo-European), proceden (Middle English), proceder (Old French), prōcēdō (Latin). In present-day English it covers to continue with something that has already started, to move forward or go on to the next stage, and to come from a particular source or origin. The wider family includes derived forms such as proceedable, proceeder and related forms such as procedure, proceeds, process, procession.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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