English
sedentism
Sedentism 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 CEsedēns‘seating, being seated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982sedentism
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 CEsedēns‘seating, being seated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982sedentism
Earliest quotation: 1982, Eric S. Higgs, M. R. Jarman: “Where sedentism does occur amongst hunters and gatherers it…”
Formed from sedēns + -ism
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, sit, method, sell, chair, sitting, seat, settle, nest, niche, possess, saddle, exodus, subsidy, nye, prasad, soot, beset, cathode, setter, anode, sate, besiege, ersatz, salo, chaise, 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, resident, assess, residue, residual, reside, insidious, sedan, possessive, sediment, obsess, presidio, sedative, dissident, presidium, sedate, sessile, 27 more
through Latin sedēns ‘seating, being seated’
Today it means
noun The practice of living in one place for a long time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / sedentism