Etymograph

English

nidiform

Nidiform comes from New Latin nīdifōrmis ‘nidiform (nest-shaped)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdós‘nest’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nizdos‘nest’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnīdus‘a nest’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900nīdifōrmis‘nidiform (nest-shaped)’
  7. Englishtodaynidiform

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdós‘nest’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nizdos‘nest’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnīdus‘a nest’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfōrma
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900nīdifōrmis‘nidiform (nest-shaped)’
  7. Englishtodaynidiform

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, session, chair, settle, resident, assess, possess, siege, saddle, exodus, sedan, reside, subsidy, residual, residue, sediment, sedentary, beset, prasad, cathode, soot, sedative, setter, insidious, obsess, anode, dissident, sedate, chaise, sate, sessile, seance, ersatz, 91 more

through Proto-Indo-European *nisdós ‘nest’

nest, 5 more

through Latin nīdus ‘a nest’

niche, nye, nias, nidal, 5 more

through Latin fōrma

information, formation, reform, formula, format, formal, inform, uniform, forma, fromage, deform, 24 more

Today it means

adj Shaped like a nest.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / nidiform

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