Where does “nonresident” come from?
Nonresident derives from English resident, which comes from Latin nōn- (not) and Latin resīdent-, from Latin residēre (to sit back), combining Latin re- (back) and Latin sedēre (to sit), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed- (to sit).
nonresident (English): not resident; not residing in the place in...
Definitions
- not resident; not residing in the place in...
Ancestry of “nonresident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | non-resident | A person living in a country who is no legal... |
| 2 | English | resident | A person, animal or plant living at a certain... |
| 3 | Middle English | resident | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | resident | resident; residing |
| 5 | Latin | residēns | — |
| 6 | Latin | resido | I sit, I settle in a place; I abate, I subside |
| 7 | Latin | sido | I sit down, I seat oneself, I settle; I sink... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sizdō | sit, settle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sísdeti | to be sitting down |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |