English
sedent
Sedent comes from Latin sedēns ‘seating, being seated’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘[I] sit, [I] am seated’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedēnsas sedentis‘seating, being seated’
- Englishtodaysedent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-éh₁-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘[I] sit, [I] am seated’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedēnsas sedentis‘seating, being seated’
- Englishtodaysedent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, sit, sitting, method, chair, sell, seat, settle, nest, niche, possess, saddle, exodus, subsidy, nye, prasad, soot, beset, cathode, setter, anode, sate, chaise, besiege, ersatz, salo, nidal, nias, polyhedron, 80 more
through Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’
possession, obsession, assessor, assize, presidente, 23 more
through Latin sedeō ‘[I] sit, [I] am seated’
size, president, session, siege, assess, resident, residue, residual, reside, insidious, sedan, possessive, obsess, sediment, presidio, sedative, dissident, presidium, sedate, sessile, 27 more
through Latin sedēns ‘seating, being seated’
Today it means
adj sitting; inactive or still
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / sedent