Etymograph

English

sedes

Sedes comes from Latin sēdēs ‘seat’, from 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 CEsēdēs‘seat’
  6. Englishtodaysedes

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 CEsēdēs‘seat’
  6. Englishtodaysedes

Linked words

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

set, sit, sitting, method, chair, sell, seat, settle, niche, saddle, nest, exodus, subsidy, possess, nye, prasad, soot, cathode, setter, sate, anode, beset, chaise, ersatz, salo, besiege, nidal, nias, polyhedron, 79 more

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

possession, obsession, assessor, assize, presidente, 22 more

through Latin sedeō ‘to sit’

size, president, session, resident, assess, residual, residue, insidious, reside, sediment, dissident, possessive, sedative, sedentary, presidio, obsess, séance, sedate, presidium, seance, sessile, 26 more

through Latin sēdēs ‘seat’

siege, sedan

Today it means

noun The position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.

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

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