English
resident
Resident comes from Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (re- + sedeō ‘to sit’).
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresideō‘to remain behind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresidēns‘residing’present participle of resideō
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400resident
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500resident
- Englishearliest quotation 1651resident
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresideō‘to remain behind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresidēns‘residing’present participle of resideō
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400resident
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500resident
- Englishearliest quotation 1651resident
Earliest quotation: 1651, Jeremy Taylor, [XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summ: “stable and resident like a rock”.
Formed from reside + -ent
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Latin sedeō ‘sit’
Latin resideō ‘remain behind, reside, dwell’
Old French resider
Middle English residen
English reside
The story
The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, sell, seat, method, chair, sitting, sit, settle, niche, nest, possess, saddle, exodus, nye, subsidy, prasad, soot, setter, beset, cathode, anode, chaise, sate, ersatz, salo, polyhedron, nias, besiege, nidal, 84 more
through Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’
possession, obsession, assessor, assize, 27 more
through Latin sedeō ‘sit, be situated’
size, session, assess, siege, sedan, sediment, sedative, insidious, possessive, sedate, obsess, sedentary, seance, séance, dissident, sessile, presidio, presidium, presidente, 30 more
Today it means
noun A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sedeō / resident