Etymograph

English

presidio

Presidio comes from Spanish presidio ‘garrison’, from Latin praesidium ‘defence, protection, guardianship’, and ultimately from 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*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit, to be seated’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesideō‘to guard, watch, protect, defend’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeses‘guardian, defender’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesidium‘defence, protection, guardianship’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpresidio‘garrison’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1948presidio

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit, to be seated’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesideō‘to guard, watch, protect, defend’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeses‘guardian, defender’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesidium‘defence, protection, guardianship’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpresidio‘garrison’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1948presidio

Earliest quotation: 1948, Carey McWilliams, J. B. Lippincott Company: “While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San…”

Linked words

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

set, sell, seat, method, chair, sitting, sit, settle, niche, nest, possess, saddle, exodus, nye, subsidy, cathode, soot, setter, beset, anode, prasad, chaise, sate, ersatz, salo, polyhedron, nias, besiege, nidal, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’

possession, obsession, assessor, assize, 26 more

through Latin sedeō ‘to sit, to be seated’

size, session, assess, siege, resident, sedan, sediment, sedentary, sedative, reside, possessive, residual, residue, sedate, obsess, dissident, insidious, seance, séance, sessile, 29 more

Today it means

noun A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.

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

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

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