'Proceed' is Latin for 'go forward' — spawning 'procedure,' 'process,' 'procession,' and 'proceeds.'
To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward, especially after a pause or interruption.
From Latin 'prōcēdere' (to go forward, to advance, to come forth), composed of 'prō-' (forward, before, on behalf of) + 'cēdere' (to go, to move, to yield, to give way). The PIE root behind 'cēdere' is *ḱed- (to go, to yield), which generated a rich family through Latin: 'accēdere' (to approach — 'accede,' 'access'), 'concēdere' (to yield together — 'concede,' 'concession'), 'excēdere' (to go beyond — 'exceed'), 'prōcēdere' (to go forward — 'proceed,' 'process,' 'procession'), 'recēdere' (to go back — 'recede'), 'succēdere' (to go up under, to come after — 'succeed,' 'success'), and 'antecēdere' (to go before — 'antecedent'). Entered English through Old French 'proceder' in the fourteenth century. The original sense
The noun 'proceeds' (money earned from a sale or event) and the noun 'process' (a series of steps) are both descendants of Latin 'prōcēdere,' but they entered English through different routes. 'Proceeds' came directly from the verb — the money that 'comes forth' from a transaction. 'Process' came through the Latin past participle 'processus' (an advance), taking