English
sedilium
Sedilium comes from Latin sedīle ‘seat, bench, stool, chair’, from sedeō ‘to sit, to be seated’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sedéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit, to be seated’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedīleas sedilium‘seat, bench, stool, chair’
- Englishtodaysedilium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sedéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sedēō‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedeō‘to sit, to be seated’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsedīleas sedilium‘seat, bench, stool, chair’
- Englishtodaysedilium
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, sit, sitting, method, sell, chair, seat, settle, nest, niche, possess, saddle, exodus, subsidy, nye, prasad, cathode, soot, beset, anode, setter, sate, chaise, besiege, ersatz, salo, nidal, nias, polyhedron, 79 more
through Proto-Italic *sedēō ‘to sit, to be sitting, to be seated’
possession, obsession, assessor, presidente, assize, 22 more
through Latin sedeō ‘to sit, to be seated’
president, size, session, resident, siege, assess, reside, residue, residual, sedan, insidious, possessive, dissident, sediment, sedentary, obsess, sedative, presidio, sedate, séance, seance, sessile, presidium, 26 more
Today it means
noun One of a row of seats in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / sedilium