Etymograph

English

reside

Reside comes from Latin resideō ‘remain behind, reside, dwell’, from sedeō ‘sit’, 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‘sit’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresideō‘remain behind, reside, dwell’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400resider
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500residen
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604reside

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‘sit’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresideō‘remain behind, reside, dwell’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400resider
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500residen
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604reside

Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure: “[…] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in…”

Linked words

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

set, sell, seat, method, chair, sitting, sit, settle, niche, possess, nest, saddle, exodus, nye, subsidy, prasad, soot, setter, beset, cathode, chaise, anode, 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, presidente, 26 more

through Latin sedeō ‘sit’

size, president, session, assess, siege, sedan, sediment, sedative, sedentary, insidious, possessive, sedate, obsess, dissident, seance, séance, sessile, presidio, presidium, 30 more

Today it means

verb To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

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

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

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