Where does “dissident” come from?
Dissident comes from Latin dissidens, the present participle of dissidere, meaning to disagree or sit apart, from sedere, to sit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed-, the root for sitting or settling.
dissident (English): In a manner that disagrees; dissenting;...
Definitions
- In a manner that disagrees; dissenting;...
Ancestry of “dissident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | dissidēns | — |
| 2 | Latin | dissideō | — |
| 3 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 4 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 5 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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