{"era":"current","word":"succession","meaning":"following in order; inheritance of office or title","children":[{"era":"1100s","word":"successioun","meaning":"sequence; inheritance","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"successio","meaning":"a following after; succession","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"succedere","meaning":"to follow after, come next","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"sub- + cedere","meaning":"under, after + to go, yield","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}