English
nidation
Nidation comes from Latin nīdus ‘nest’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘sit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdós‘nest’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nizdos‘nest’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnīdus‘nest’
- Englishtodaynidation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdós‘nest’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nizdos‘nest’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnīdus‘nest’
- Englishtodaynidation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, method, chair, sitting, seat, settle, session, resident, assess, possess, siege, saddle, exodus, reside, sediment, subsidy, residual, residue, sedan, sedentary, beset, prasad, soot, setter, dissident, insidious, obsess, anode, cathode, chaise, sedative, sessile, sedate, seance, sate, salo, 91 more
through Proto-Indo-European *nisdós ‘nest’
through Latin nīdus ‘nest’
Today it means
noun The implantation of the early embryo in the uterus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / nidation