Etymograph

English

presidium

Presidium comes from Latin praesidium ‘defence, protection, guardianship’, from sedeō ‘to sit, to be seated’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

  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. Russianmodernпрези́диумprezídium
  9. Englishtodaypresidium

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*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. Russianmodernпрези́диумprezídium
  9. Englishtodaypresidium

Linked words

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

set, sell, seat, method, chair, sitting, sit, settle, nest, niche, possess, saddle, exodus, nye, subsidy, cathode, soot, setter, beset, prasad, anode, 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, resident, siege, sedan, sediment, sedentary, sedative, reside, residual, possessive, residue, insidious, sedate, obsess, dissident, seance, séance, sessile, 29 more

Today it means

noun A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.

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

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