Etymograph

English

residencia

Residencia comes from Spanish residencia ‘residence’, from Latin sedeō ‘to 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‘to sit’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresideō‘to reside’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresidēns‘residing’
  7. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500residentia
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentresidencia‘residence’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1883same form

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’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresideō‘to reside’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresidēns‘residing’
  7. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500residentia
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentresidencia‘residence’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1883same form

Earliest quotation: 1883, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Mexico: “It was ordered that his residencia be taken in…”

Linked words

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

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

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

possession, obsession, assessor, assize, presidente, 26 more

through Latin sedeō ‘to sit’

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

Today it means

noun In the Spanish Empire, a court, trial, or hearing held by a newly elected official, such as the governor of a province, to examine the conduct of a predecessor.

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

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

Shirt and support for this word