English
dissident
Dissident comes from Latin dissidēns ‘disagreeing’, from dissideō ‘to sit apart’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissideō‘to sit apart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissidēns‘disagreeing’present participle of dissideō
- Englishearliest quotation 1556dissident
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissideō‘to sit apart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissidēns‘disagreeing’present participle of dissideō
- Englishearliest quotation 1556dissident
Earliest quotation: 1556, Thomas More; Ralph Robinson, Called Vtopia: Written in Latine: “Verilye yf all thynges that euel and vitiouſs maners…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, sell, seat, method, chair, sitting, sit, settle, nest, niche, possess, saddle, exodus, nye, subsidy, beset, prasad, soot, setter, cathode, anode, sate, chaise, ersatz, salo, besiege, polyhedron, nias, nidal, 80 more
through Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’
possession, obsession, assessor, assize, presidente, 23 more
through Latin sedeō ‘to sit’
size, president, session, assess, siege, resident, sedan, residual, residue, reside, sedative, sediment, possessive, insidious, sedate, obsess, sedentary, seance, séance, presidio, sessile, presidium, 27 more
Today it means
adj In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / dissident